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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s55-vision.jpg |
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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
In article >, JG wrote:
>Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ? >http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ > >Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... >http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s55-vision.jpg There was a Ford advertising campaign in the late '70s that played on the resemblance of the Granada to some model of Mercedes. "Can you tell the Granada from this X-thousand- dollar Mercedes?" I can't recall the exact value of X, but it was something like 12; a lot back then but laughable now. -- TJH tjhiggin.at.hiwaay.dot.net |
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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:08:18 -0800 (PST), JG >
wrote: >Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ? >http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ > >Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... >http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s55-vision.jpg The door handles are different. That said, one memory that's burned into my brain is from even farther back, late sixties when the second gen Corvair came out. One of the car mags had two reviews in it, one for some high dollar European sports car, which they drooled all over, and another about the new Corvair, which they panned for how it looked. Funny thing was, the cars looked very similar, like the Probe v Merc thing. Anyone who thinks car reviewers aren't biased hasn't read enough car reviews. |
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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
On 12/27/2010 11:10 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:08:18 -0800 (PST), > > wrote: > >> Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ? >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ >> >> Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... >> http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s55-vision.jpg > > > The door handles are different. That said, one memory that's burned > into my brain is from even farther back, late sixties when the second > gen Corvair came out. One of the car mags had two reviews in it, one > for some high dollar European sports car, which they drooled all over, > and another about the new Corvair, which they panned for how it > looked. Funny thing was, the cars looked very similar, like the Probe > v Merc thing. Anyone who thinks car reviewers aren't biased hasn't > read enough car reviews. I always thought the late corvair was actually a very attractive car. But then again my tastes are not always shared by the general public. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
On 2010-12-27, T.J. Higgins > wrote:
> In article >, JG wrote: >>Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ? >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ >> >>Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... >>http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s55-vision.jpg It's there a little bit, but I doubt the cars would look all that much alike in person. > There was a Ford advertising campaign in the late '70s that > played on the resemblance of the Granada to some model of > Mercedes. "Can you tell the Granada from this X-thousand- > dollar Mercedes?" I can't recall the exact value of X, but > it was something like 12; a lot back then but laughable now. I've seen the silly granada ads... considering the granada was the last car that traced directly back to the falcon (indroduced in 1959) makes it all that more absurd. |
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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
On Dec 27, 3:22*pm, (T.J. Higgins)
wrote: > In article >, JG *wrote: > >Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ? > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ > > >Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... > >http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s/2010/12/merc... > > There was a Ford advertising campaign in the late '70s that > played on the resemblance of the Granada to some model of > Mercedes. *"Can you tell the Granada from this X-thousand- > dollar Mercedes?" *I can't recall the exact value of X, but > it was something like 12; a lot back then but laughable now. But the Kia Soul, MSRP: $13,300 - $18,495 might have a chance vs. the Mercedes GLK, $34,600 - $36,600 http://autos.aol.com/cars-Mercedes_B...in&style=Sport Utility http://autos.aol.com/cars-Kia-Soul-2011/photos/ |
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Ick Bin Mercedes Copying Ford ??
On Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:17:01 -0500, Nate Nagel >
wrote: >On 12/27/2010 11:10 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote: >> On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:08:18 -0800 (PST), > >> wrote: >> >>> Who knew that Ford was 20 years ahead in styling ? >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fordprobe1991/1395252042/ >>> >>> Dieter, nice homage to the Probe... >>> http://www.mercedesbenzpic.com/merce...s55-vision.jpg >> >> >> The door handles are different. That said, one memory that's burned >> into my brain is from even farther back, late sixties when the second >> gen Corvair came out. One of the car mags had two reviews in it, one >> for some high dollar European sports car, which they drooled all over, >> and another about the new Corvair, which they panned for how it >> looked. Funny thing was, the cars looked very similar, like the Probe >> v Merc thing. Anyone who thinks car reviewers aren't biased hasn't >> read enough car reviews. > >I always thought the late corvair was actually a very attractive car. >But then again my tastes are not always shared by the general public. > >nate Exhibit 1 - Studebaker collection??? |
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