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TOK:

--- Quote from: shardian on September 28, 2007, 11:26:28 am ---Hell, people buy brand new Kia's here. Not to mention DaeWoo a few years ago. If people buy that crap, bring on the Frenchie's! ;D

i want that little car that fared better than the volvo station wagon from that other thread!

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Kia was saved here by Hyundai's buyout. Quality of Hyundai and Kia are way beyond what they were when they arrived here. Daewoo has actually been in the US for a while, but not as Daewoo. GM sold them as rebadged Pontiacs (LeMans). The got a well deserved rep for being crap as a standalone marque, but now Suzuki is selling them again (Forenza).
Dihatsu is another example of a car company that completely failed in the US. I'm not even sure they made it two years here.

Glaine:
I just don't like how every car that comes over here gets a huge trunk thrown on, my pet peeve being the Austin Mini Cooper. I'm far from a car person, but I think that is a hot little car, but first thing the states does is give it a huge back. It's grown on me some, but I still like the original better.

I mean, I understand that folks need room for groceries and stuff, but if you have to do this to everything that comes here, maybe we don't deserve it...

TOK:
You referring to that Clubman or whatever they're calling the Mini wagon? It doesn't replace the orginal Mini, its just an optional body style. I think what Mini saw is that they were losing sales to cars like the Honda Element and Scion XB.

A lot of the market these cars appeal to are into active outdoor stuff and like to have a little extra room to keep an expensive mountain bike or other gear inside the car instead of hanging off the back.

grantspain:
i just bought a renault clio because the price was so good,its o.k for the town but to honest i could get more power if i shoved a tube up my arse and lit a fart

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on September 28, 2007, 11:23:19 am ---
There are no French cars here because they are not attempting to sell them here.  That's pretty much the only reason.  If they set up a dealership and offered a decent looking car that got strong MPG and was reliable people would be all over it.

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yeah, i kinda figured that. but i was wondering why? is it political? they sell them here and in the UK so im guessing its not over the iraq conflict...

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