To add insult to injury. I hired an S-Max earlier this year as I was
intending to buy one and found it to be a great car, covered around 700
miles during the week I had it. I seem to remember I filled it about 1
and a bit times.
Why not buy one in the UK and export it ? With the exchange rate and
shipping costs it'll cost no more than $60,000 :) Oh and then the costs
in learning to drive a right hand drive ( correct hand drive ) vehicle.
Regards,
Nige...
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Craig Lalley
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:35 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] OT was: Replacing Cell phone.... bad company
marketing
--- Wirt Atmar <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> It may, but it won't in the US or Canada. Motorola doesn't market it
> here. This phone was designed specifically for developing countries.
See:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_FONE_F3
Why do companies do this?
I would love to have a diesel minivan, especially one getting 48 miles
per gallon.
It's no wonder Ford is doing so poorly.
http://www.mpgomatic.com/best_gas_mileage_van.html
So we're going out on a limb. We're giving the 2007 Best Mileage Minivan
crown to the diesel-powered Ford S-Max ... a minivan that you simply
cannot buy here in the States. Runner-up goes to the maxi-sized Dodge
Sprinter Van.
By all accounts, the Ford S-Max is one of the sweetest minivans ever to
roll off an assembly line .... but sadly, none of those assembly lines
can be found in North America. The Ford S-Max is currently being
produced in Belgium and China. For whatever reason, Ford has not
committed to bringing the sleek seven-passenger to the good old USA.
Testing has shown that a S-Max equipped with the 125 PS 1.8 Duratorq
TDCi diesel engine and Durashift 6-speed manual delivered 35.8 city
("urban") and 54.3 highway ("extra-urban") miles per British gallon. The
2.0 liter diesel models achieved impressive results, as well. A S-Max
equipped with the 140 PS 2.0 Duratorq TDCi diesel engine and Durashift
6-speed manual produced 34.9 city and 52.3 highway miles per British
gallon, while the130 PS 2.0 Duratorq and Durashift 6-speed automatic
version netted 28.5 city and 48.7 highway. These are lovely numbers,
even considering the 20 percent difference in volume between the British
and American gallon.
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So why can't we get this in the US?
-Craig
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