Re: British or American?

["therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jpaulkelman" <Paul.KELMAN@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Then I thought, is a DeLorean British or American? The company was 
> funded by the British tax payer & built here but the DeLorean Motor 
> Company was American wasn't it?
<SNIP>

Niether, it's an Irish car! :)

Seriously though, it depends upon how look look at it. Using the same 
logic that Detroit uses, it's *technicly* an American car, as the 
parent company who's badge was used is based in the US. However, 
build wise in both engineering, and design, it really shows to be a 
British car. So it's really only based upon your perspective in the 
end, and what's more convenient/holds more pride for you at the 
moment. As you can tell, I myself refer to it as beeing Irish.

Many other cars are based in one country, and built abroad. Such as 
the Dodge trucks in Mexico, GM F-Bodys in Canada, etc... But the 
closest example to the DeLorean's heritage delima is now Jaguar. Ford 
has simply been badge engineering their American cars over to the UK 
by installing new front clips, fenders, quarter panels, luxury 
options, and wood trim interior components, and then modifying to 
suit. The XJ is actually built on a Ford Taurus chassis & drive 
train, while the X-Type is built upon the Ford Escort. So just like 
the DeLorean DMC-12, are the new Jaguar XJ, & X-Type models American, 
or British? Using the Detroit method, they're British. But 
engineering wise, no.

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"