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Old 03-07-2006, 01:20 AM   #1
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Default renault in US? / where is the 300C 'vert?/ caddy 'vert?

i dont know a lot about Renaults' associations with the big 3... in particular GM... but does GM have a stake in them? saw a manufacturer plate on a Megane today.

if not, then im guessing GM just want to know more about thier competitors' abilities

its already been a year since some early 300c convertible mules were around michigan... will they be released this summer?

it seems that GM is interested in how the 3 series cabriolet does... seems to mean caddy want something in that market segment to me.
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Old 03-07-2006, 09:09 PM   #2
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A Megane in the USA? A rare sight I imagine

Slightly o/t I saw a Ford Fiesta on the I-20 a couple of weeks ago, it had euro plates on it, I think it might have been an Irish plate.

It was a red five door, pretty basic model, like the pic.

I thought - what the heck is THAT doing HERE! :shock:



I didnt think it warranted a 'what did you see today' thread
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Old 03-07-2006, 09:30 PM   #3
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GM will be a bancrupt distant history if they don't fix what they have before going after yet another segment.

Dana just filed for bancruptcy protection... GM might not be that far behind...
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Old 03-07-2006, 09:41 PM   #4
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as long as TRW doesnt, dana is tiny compared to them

also, kakorian seems to have snatched enough shares to 'control' GM this is why they sold off thier stock in suzuki... and a few other 'restructuring' happenings.

BTW, there was another strange manufactuer plate today... from a distance it looks like any other minivan... then up close, its a mini-minivan. some aqua green opel.
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Old 03-07-2006, 09:54 PM   #5
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Opel Meriva (think Dani has one) or Aguila (suzuki wagon R size) maybe
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