RE: [DMCForum] Re: Delorean on BBC

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>That's a new one on me. Plus I've never heard the leaking windows
>story...
>
>What a shame that the Yugo car company wasn't started by a celebrity.
>I heard a great story from a guy who test-drove one. He said the
>shifter knob came off in his hand, he could see daylight around the
>windshield, the radio didn't work, and the driving experience was
>about as pleasant as a napalm enema. The most famous comment I ever
>heard regarding those, however, was that at least the rear window had
>a defroster, so you could keep your hands warm while you pushed.
>Imagine how much fun the press could have had with that company if the
>founder had been a good-looking ex-Detroit engineer/VP with a hot
>wife! LOL
>
>--Farrar

Yugo was not started by a celebrity, but Malcolm Bricklin, of Bricklin fame,
brought the Yugo to the US and the last I read is trying to do so again.
So, he failed twice and is still trying.  From everything I have read, the
start up of Bricklin was very deceptive.

Greg

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