Re: The Auto Industy's 2nd Biggest Fear

V-for-Vendicar wrote:
> "Mike hunt" <mikehunt22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> The fact is MB has yet to make a profit on the Smart.  Probably great
for 
>> CAFE, however.   How 'smart' is one to spend 17K to buy a midget two
seat 
>> car when one can buy a four seat Civic, Focus or Corolla for that kind
of 
>> money. Better yet one of the others on the market in the 14K range,
simply 
>> to save a relative few hundred dollars annually on fuel?
> 
>   KKKonservative Economists are constantly telling people that Money 
> Conservation = Energy Conservation.

Why do you put three K's to spell conservative? With all do respect, 
there are fine people who are both politically conservative and liberal 
and don't oppress people the way the KKK does.

>   Mike illustates that in the real world, what the KKKonservative
Economists 
> are saying is nothing but pure unadulterated lies.

I keep wondering what a "relative few hundred dollars" means. How is 
that different than "a few hundred dollars?"

I have no idea what you mean by KKKonservative Economists myself. 
Perhaps you would be kind enough to share with us what you mean.

>   As to the Smart.  At the moment, it's the only car that I would
purchase.

There are other small cars that made a ton of money. MB also bought a 
car company named "Chrysler" and ending up giving away money to dump it. 
  That they are losing money on the car (and, IIRC, it was a 
multibillion program) is not surprise considering their investment in 
Chrysler.

Jeff