[DML] Re: Italian CarFest in Grapevine Texas

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

The enternal debate continues....

How you want to look at it is up to you. But technicly, for all legal 
purposes, it is strictly an American car.

Egineering is obviously British, but so is the assembly of the car, 
because Northern Ireland is apart of the UK. In the same way that we 
could claim that something made in Puerto Rico is "Hencho en U.S.A.". 
But still, it's an American car, because of it's badge.

Ok, let me explain. Chrysler is an American company, that happens to 
build certain vehicles in Mexico, and in Canada. But becase the cars 
are badged American, these are considered to be American cars. 
Engineering heritage can not be used to contest this. Chevrolet 
Prisms are nothing more than Toyota Corrolas, but we consider them 
Domestics, because of their badge. Same with the Pontiac Firefly/Geo 
Metro which are actually Suzuki Swifts.

Plus, this works both ways. Nissans, and Toyotas built in Tennessee, 
and Mississippi and still considered imports, even though they are 
built by American workers. And a Mazda B series truck is considered 
Japanese, even though it's just a Ford Ranger!

To hell with Saturn's claim that they're the first new American car 
company in the last 50 years. My new American DeLorean was pounding 
the pavement long before Saturn prototypes were even put to paper!

To call the DeLorean anything but American, is like claming the Yugo 
GV is an Itallian thoroughbred, because it was designed by Giugiaro, 
and uses a Fiat drivetrain.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Robert Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I went to the italian Carfest in Grapevine Texas today,
> they would not let me put my car in because it is a "Italian" only 
show.
> Which brings up a good question...
> What country is our car officially from?




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