I would think that Chrysler would maintain its corporate offices in the US and would be considered an American company owned by a foreign corporation but I have not seen their new structure. Although I am not real familiar with international business, a friend of mine is and was in the automotive industry for awhile and I could ask him. This would be interesting to know, much like the company Black and Decker I think, who was to move their offices over-seas to reduce their tax expenses as that would make them a foreign corporation. Have you ever taken a new Jaguar apart? It screams Ford, which I think is too bad and the Jaguar will never be what it was. I worked at an automotive OEM supplying speakers to car manufacturers and we were not supposed to talk about this at all. I wonder how many people on here own a Mustang with the Mach 460 system and how many people own the new Jaguar convertibles. The speakers in each car are the exact same speaker, come off the exact same assembly line, and even the rear speaker enclosures for the convertible Mustang are the same as for the convertible Jaguar with very minor cosmetic changes, for example, the Jaguar boxes have the name Alpine molded in. The only part Alpine had in this was licensing their name. The speakers themselves are exact Bose knock-offs. I was not trying to start a flame war, just asking about the De Lorean itself and the corporate structure at that time. The last paragraph in my email was just some of the things that circulate that people believe to be true. I just added that in jokingly, but also to make the point that ultimately public opinion does influence the market value of the vehicle and anyone who invests time and money in anything would rather see the value remain the same or go up, rather than down. Greg -----Original Message----- From: Dick Ryan [mailto:deloreanbiker@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 3:27 PM To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [DMCForum] the marque and electric De Lorean comparison... Not to beat this horse to death, but since this is an unmoderated list - - - Since Chrysler is now owned by Daimler, where are the corporate offices? Is Chrysler now a German car? Keep in mind that the soon to appear Chrysler Crossfire will be 40% Mercedes parts in a 'U.S.(?)" car whose REAL corporate offices are now in Germany and whose CEO is German. Let's see--- Ford now owns the Volvo (trucks excepted) and Jaguar and the Land Rover. Are they now Amercian? (Oh, God, I know we'll hear from Martin on that one). In a black and white world, accuracy can be readily acheived. But, I'm afraid that this is a pretty grey world. Oh, and BTW, I couldn't afford one of the rare fiberglass factory painted D's, but the slow, heavy one I bought new in Sept 82 did have some white powder in it. I thought it was sugar from soneone's lunch and vacuumed it out. Did I goof? Hmmm, I wonder. Anyway, after removing the powder the car was not nearly as slow or heavy. Dick Ryan --- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: My understanding is this > classification is determined by > the corporate location and not where the vehicle is > assembled. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines http://news.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home for Top $ http://us.click.yahoo.com/RrPZMC/jTmEAA/MVfIAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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