[Mgs] Trouble with Chinese fish?
Paul Root
ptrmgb at gmail.com
Wed Oct 17 12:31:46 MDT 2007
Hey, I'm not the only one! Very bland.
atweditor at aol.com wrote:
> This is seriously bad news.? First Triumph may come back, then we hear that Chinese flounders are getting in the way of the MGTF.? Unless, of course, it was "foundering" that was going on.....
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> Anyone think that Triumph model looks just like the Pontiac Solstice from the rear, and a little like the new Thunderbird from the front?
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> Jay Donoghue
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> 66 Mustang
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> From: Aeseeyou at aol.com
> To: mgs at autox.team.net
> Sent: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 2:06 pm
> Subject: [Mgs] Oh No, Not Again! The Triumph might upstage MG's return!
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> In an almost Deja Vu rerun of what happened when the TR4 upstaged the MGB
> and British-Leyland released the TR7 (TR8) before a new MG could replace the
> tired MGB (A "Bonehead" move which virtually killed off any hope that B-L had
> of taking back the lucrative import car market here in the States, especially
> the sports cars that had dominated the market since right after WW2.
> The TR7's and TR8's were a horrible flops! The public didn't like the "wedge
> look" and never accepted them. They sounded a death knoll to the proud
> British car empire that had been on top for so many years!
> But now Triumph seems ready to return once again. And now it appears
> possible that it might even upstage the "floundering" Chinese built Nanjing
> MGTF.
> Why? Because the Triumph will be built and marketed by the Mega-wealthy PR
> powerhouse, BMW...Remember the impressive way that BMW "sold" the new Mini to
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> nostalgic and extremely loyal followers of the "old" Mini? BMW never
> skipped a beat. The same is possible if BMW does a just fraction of the PR work
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> the new Triumph that it did before they released the "new" Mini. And now you
> see the "new" Minis everywhere!
> Beside which, the new Triumph really looks great! In fact it looks like a
> 21st Century TR4 ...the little roadsters pedigree is undeniable! To read more
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> http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/210892/triumph.html
> Hey, I'd buy one! And if they're anywhere near as dependable as the BMW Mini
> the new Triumph should be a real threat to the Mazda MX5 or the Miata as the
> MX5 is known here in the Colonies. And if they use the BMW V-8 engine to
> power them.....Wow!
> Albert Escalante CCBCC-West Coast
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