On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:58:55 +0000, "Max Reheat <]###[="
<MaxReheat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:26:07 GMT, Zathras
><webnewsgroup@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> selected combat throttle and
>flew into a dogfight with:
>>Did Lancia leave the UK because of rust, the Daily Mail or something
>>else?
>
>Difficult to see the point you're trying to make here.
All I remember of that issue was severe rust and reliability issues,
particularly affecting the Beta (IIRC), then Lancia upped and left the
UK.
>Lancia left RHD markets because of lack of sales, which could equally
>be blamed on poor marketing.
Nah..it was a discredited product. Frankly if a product is really good
enough, you don't need much marketing - word of mouth *will* do it.
The word of mouth at the time was "don't go near a Lancia". I suspect
Lancia knew they wouldn't win that battle regardless so they pulled
out.
>WRT rust, modern Lancias have galvanised bodies and are subsequently
>no worse than their contem****aries.
I don't doubt it. I saw a white Dedra up here a while back and there
was no sign of rust even though it was clear the owner didn't really
look after it.
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Z
Scotland
Alfa Romeo 156 2.4JTD Veloce Leather
'Oil' be seeing you..
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