<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><P><BR>Believe it or not, Peter Horbury, who's now the executive design director at Ford (and formerly of Volvo during the visual transistion they have made) was once a Rootes designer. I talked with Peter regarding Rootes and he made an interesting case where Rootes could have been the "BMW" of today. Of couse this is a stretch as he stated but he pointed out some of the strengths Rootes' Sedans had. </P>
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<P>I bet Roy would be a facinating person to hear talk.</P>
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<P>Steve Silverstein</P>
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