Next issue of Pylon will have an article on a Brand New Morgan, really!
--Pat K
Craig Boyle wrote:
> Approximately 70% of new car sales in the UK are
> company cars, the remainder private. A decent chunk of
> the 70% would be British cars [there are no British
> owned volume producers now] as often there's a deal
> between the car manufacturer and the employee's
> company. In the
>
> Few of the remaining 30%, bought by individuals for
> themsleves are British. As I said, they aren't stupid.
>
> None of many contemporaries at HS/College would have
> seen a non-exotic British car as desirable. It's
> pretty much the same on the west coast. Nobody
> actually buys Chevy Malibu's do they?
>
> There has always been an incredible cottage industry
> for sports cars. I could imagine myself with a Morgan,
> Caterham 7 or Lotus Elise as a hobby car, but not as a
> daily driver.
>
> 007 in a BMW, even a Z8, just doesn't work for me. But
> BMW's brand recognition in the UK is probably even
> stronger than California.
>
> Craig
>
> owner of 2 Japanese cars, 1 Mexican-American-German,
> and 1 white BMW that was parked all day Sunday
>
> --- Scot Zediker <mx5_1991@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > --- Craig Boyle <craig_boyle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Ever seen anyone British own a British car?
> >
> > Yes, but only on British TV shows, and usually
> > they're
> > Austins or Rovers or Fords; pretty mundane stuff.
> > BTW, wasn't it only recently that James Bond started
> > driving BMWs? (Maybe he's the guy that hit me ;)
> >
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