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From: Wickeddoll on 10 Jan 2008 20:39

"Jeff Strickland" ...
>
> "Jeff" ...
>> Wickeddoll wrote:
>>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" ,
>>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22598080/
>>>>>
>>>>> Way better looking than that monstrosity Toyota unveiled recently, but
>>>>> looks
>>>>> like visibility would be horrible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Natalie
>>>> Sweetheart,
>>>
>>> You're not authorized to call me that...
>>
>> How about honey or sweetums?
>>
>
> Toots?

*glare*

Natalie


From: Jeff Strickland on 10 Jan 2008 20:40

"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-7D1E29.20273410012008(a)nntp1.usenetserver.com...
> In article <fm5po2.31c.1(a)news.evilcabal.org>,
> "Wickeddoll" <wickeddollnofeckingspam1958(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> > these are CONCEPT cars. They're meant to be outrageous and
>> > stupid. They're not meant to have anything to do with reality.
>>
>> They are so related to reality, but give me some credit.
>
> Sorry, but you're crowing like an old woman about how "horrible" this
> and that feature is of these cars. It sounds for all the world like
> you're worried they're going to sell these things with these horrible
> deficiencies.
>
> It sounds for all the world like you want to stop that from happening,
> when in fact it's never going to happen. They're not for sale, and
> they're not designed for that at all.
>
>

The CONCEPT car itself is not for sale, but there is no reason that all of
the concepts on display in one car can not make it to the street as a
production car. Some Concept Cars -- lots of them, really -- never see the
light of day after the car show is over, but lots of Concept Cars go from
concept to production with practially no changes at all. Ford had a concept
car a few years ago that used a tubular rail frame, open wheels, and had 22"
of suspension travel. As an avid rock crawler, I was hooked and woul dhave
sold my wife on the corner to get one. But, they were just for the concept,
my wife is safe.

As for this particular concept car, it looks much the same as a Crossfire --
a Chrysler Corp product with a Plymouth badge on it, I think -- and I see no
reason it can not become a production car just the way it sits.


>> I know it won't
>> come off the assembly line as is, but they wouldn't waste their time with
>> the prototype, if they weren't intending to produce something very
>> similar.
>
> Grow up, sweetheart.


She likes to be called, Toots.
<ducking for cover>



From: Wickeddoll on 10 Jan 2008 20:40

"Jeff" ...
> Wickeddoll wrote:
>> "Elmo P. Shagnasty" ,
>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22598080/
>>>>
>>>> Way better looking than that monstrosity Toyota unveiled recently, but
>>>> looks
>>>> like visibility would be horrible.
>>>>
>>>> Natalie
>>> Sweetheart,
>>
>> You're not authorized to call me that...
>
> How about honey or sweetums?
>
>>> these are CONCEPT cars. They're meant to be outrageous and
>>> stupid. They're not meant to have anything to do with reality.
>>
>> They are so related to reality, but give me some credit. I know it won't
>> come off the assembly line as is, but they wouldn't waste their time with
>> the prototype, if they weren't intending to produce something very
>> similar.
>
> Another reason why they have concept cars it to get the reaction of
> potential consumer. For example, people really loved the Dodge sports car,
> so they made it the Viper.
>
> But it doesn't always work out that way. At an early autoshow, people
> loved the styling of the Edsel, so Ford made a new brand.
>
> They also try to show what they're working on, like the Chevy Volt.
>
> Jeff
>
> PS, I don't really know if Ford showed off its Edsel at an autoshow. But
> there are a bunch of cars that had great reactions at the autoshow, like
> the Peugeot, but didn't sell well in the US.

Wasn't there a little nepotism in the Edsel, as in it was Ford's son's name?

What a legacy to give your kid LOL

Natalie


From: Jeff Strickland on 10 Jan 2008 20:47

"Wickeddoll" <wickeddollnofeckingspam1958(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> PS, I don't really know if Ford showed off its Edsel at an autoshow. But
>> there are a bunch of cars that had great reactions at the autoshow, like
>> the Peugeot, but didn't sell well in the US.
>
> Wasn't there a little nepotism in the Edsel, as in it was Ford's son's
> name?
>
> What a legacy to give your kid LOL
>
> Natalie
>

I believe Edsel Ford was a nephew.

Doesn't change your point very much ...


From: Jeff on 10 Jan 2008 20:52
Wickeddoll wrote:

<...>

> Wasn't there a little nepotism in the Edsel, as in it was Ford's son's name?

Edsel Ford doesn't care about it any more. He is, how shall I put it?
Decomposing.

> What a legacy to give your kid LOL
>
> Natalie
>
>
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