You'll get no argument from this quarter.......
Larry Miller
----- Original Message -----
From: <Herb_Goede@amsinc.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 3:02 PM
Subject: Cars and Culture (No Real LBC Content)
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> Car Folks,
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> It has been way too long without controversy. So here we go.
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> In my opinion the Japanese can engineer and build good reliable vehicles.
> However, with a very few exceptions such as the first and last Mazda
RX7s,
> Japanese cars lack the character of European and even American motor cars.
> My belief is that this is due to a fundamental characteristic of the
> Japanese culture that does not place a high value on being unique.
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> There is on old Japanese proverb that states: The nail that sticks up
will
> be hammered down. The result is a culture of copiers and improvers but not
> innovators. Even such significant cars as the Datsun 1800/2000, 240Z and
> even the Miata are revised versions of European sports machines - Triumph
> (pick one), E-type, and Elan respectively. Lets face it, the CRX would
not
> exist if not for the Mini and the NSX is a Far-East Ferrari.
>
> Ready, aim, fire away.
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> Herb G.
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