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From: haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: layman's view of Europe
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Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 17:43:09 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 26 17:43:09 1985
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In article <408@ecn-pc.UUCP> wdm@ecn-pc.UUCP (Tex) writes:

>>> The Merkur XR4Ti was really from the Ford(Europe) Escort line.

>> The Merkur XR4Ti is actually a Ford Sierra XR4i with the normally
>> aspirated six having been replaced by a turbo four.  

>   So?  The Sierra is a European spin-off of the Escort line.

What do you mean by "spin-off"?  It's not the same chassis as the
Escort, nor are the powertrains the same (there is no way to shoehorn
the Sierra XR4x4 V6 engine into an Escort).

>> Aren't vans outside of quotas?

>   Sorry, no more quotas.

But aren't the Japanese still voluntarily limiting their U.S. exports
(hey, I'm Canadian!)?  And *were* vans included in quotas?

>> [Ford has about 16% of the market]
>> Roughly the same as GM, Renault, Fiat and VW.

>   Well, not really.  Usually, either Ford, Renault or Fiat sell the most
>   cars in Europe.  This is actually a pretty big deal over there.

Agreed.  The Big Five in Europe are amazingly evenly matched, though,
but local market fluctuations and things like the German auto strike
make for good and/or bad years for some.

				   \tom haapanen
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