Actually, we do: Corvettes, some Caddies, some Jeeps...even some Bimmers
and Mercs.

The low dollar effect is real, but not overwhelming...and when it comes back
up (it will as our interest rates go up), BMW STILL will not be able to sell
a mid-20's sedan that anyone will want to buy. Or so I think.

George Litwinski
"Huw" > wrote in message
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> "GRL" > wrote in message
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> > They tried selling a mid-20's truncated 2-door hatchback version of the
> > old
> > 3-series in the early '90's BEFORE the fall of the dollar. It was a
dismal
> > failure, as it deserved to be. I suppose they will try it again with a 1
> > or
> > 2-series, but I predict those will end up being low 30's cars, at best.
> > BMW's problem is that they have gotten away with charging too much for
> > their
> > cars for so long, that they never learned how to operate very
efficiently,
> > didn't have to. The problem with that is they say they want to be a
broad
> > product line company.
> >
>
> Almost anything imported from Europe to the US will be expensive given the
> state of the Dollar. It will make European exports of everything less than
> luxury, high margin, goods less than viable. OTOH it makes importing
> American cars to Europe very viable if only they produced something we
> wanted. Jeep should do well in Europe for a while I would imagine.
>
> Huw
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