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swag

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Those came out about a year ago. Funny how Ford immediately pulled them, saying that, "They were never intended for public release."

Right. Someone just decided to drop a few million dollars of TV commercial production cash on a practical joke. :rolleyes:
 
Slagathor

Slagathor

Bedpan racing champion
#28
Jul 25, 2001
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Oh yeah.

Citroen never really evolved enough from the 2CV - they're a hazzard on wheels. Cheap and a nice ride, but a hazzard nonetheless.
 

Zlatan

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Jun 9, 2003
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The new C4?

Why not? They got 5 starts at the NCAP crash tests, have pretty good handling and brakes? Why do you think they're unsafe?
 
swag

swag

L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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++ [ originally posted by Zlatan ] ++
The new C4?

Why not? They got 5 starts at the NCAP crash tests, have pretty good handling and brakes? Why do you think they're unsafe?
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As an aside, that kind of product marketing has been heavy in the U.S. -- particularly since the early 90s, which seemed to be one of the peaks of fear- and paranoia-based marketing. For some reason, in this day and age of terrorism awareness, it has kind of taken a back seat and people are being a bit more rational with their car buying criteria -- taking a more balanced view.

There once was a time here that, based on the advertising messages of car manufacturers, you thought cars were merely built to destroy. Didn't matter if it drove like crap, if it looked like a reject from the clown college parking lot, and if it could actually drive uphill. All that mattered was that you could ram it into a wall at 60mph and not everyone would die.

Not that I don't think it's important, but it should hardly be the only thing.
 
Slagathor

Slagathor

Bedpan racing champion
#39
Jul 25, 2001
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#39
lol excellent post

Would have been better if the emphasis had lied on 'everyone' though :D

++ [ originally posted by swag ] ++
As an aside, that kind of product marketing has been heavy in the U.S. -- particularly since the early 90s, which seemed to be one of the peaks of fear- and paranoia-based marketing. For some reason, in this day and age of terrorism awareness, it has kind of taken a back seat and people are being a bit more rational with their car buying criteria -- taking a more balanced view.

There once was a time here that, based on the advertising messages of car manufacturers, you thought cars were merely built to destroy. Didn't matter if it drove like crap, if it looked like a reject from the clown college parking lot, and if it could actually drive uphill. All that mattered was that you could ram it into a wall at 60mph and not everyone would die.

Not that I don't think it's important, but it should hardly be the only thing.
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