Re: New is old

[peggy delancey <butterfly15610@xxxxxxxxx>]

        I agree with you Eddie, in some locations
anyway. On the East coast though, gas is still around
$2.49 per gallon. Takes me $40 each, to fill up my
1994 Jeep Cherokee Sport and my 1999 Sebring
convertible! In some folks minds it still may be
enough to sell a new car! If I was in the market, I
would probably be stupid enough to fall for it!

                     Jay






                       

--- eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> No, this ain't a Mahoney post indended to make one
> think...but maybe it 
> should be. John is great about pointing out how many
> old things are new 
> again and going thru the Houston Chronicle business
> section there were two 
> stories of interest.
> 
> One is that DamlierChrysler said Thursday it will
> give two years worth of 
> FREE GAS to customers who buy a 2005 or 2006 vehicle
> before January 3rd. 
> This follws announcements that Ford and GM are again
> offering deep 
> discounts. Mother Mopar will also kick in two years
> of free scheduled 
> maintainece and increase the warranty on mechanical
> parts to five years or 
> 60,000 miles.
> 
> It was the free gas thing that stuck out I guess.
> This might have been a 
> great move when gas was in the $3.00 a gallon range;
> but in Houston one can 
> find gas under $2.00 a gallon, and I just returned
> from Corpus Christi, and 
> found gas as low (a oxymoron) as $1.87 a gallon on
> the outskirts of CC.
> 
> Free gas as a incentive to buy a new car, been there
> done that, 1953 comes 
> to mind:
>
http://www.planethoustonamx.com/parts%20&%20Literature/53_Nash_winners.jpg
> "the new owners of a Nash in front of the dealership
> in 1953. P. K. Williams 
> was a Preston Tucker like figure, and I would have
> loved to meet him in his 
> day. A real showman and hog for press. From the
> Austin American Statesman 
> newspaper that accompanied the original photo, the
> yellowed paper has the 
> original newspaper clipping with this photo (the
> original 1953 newspaper 
> article does not come with photo) but here is what
> it says: Friday, July 3, 
> 1953 The Austin American Statesman, Austin, Texas:
> BONUS RIDING-Mr. and Mrs. 
> Lon Alsup are shown taking delivery of a new 1953
> Nash which is accompanied 
> with an order for a year's supply of gasoline. This
> is a special offer made 
> by P. K. Williams Nash Company as part of the
> observance of the firm's ninth 
> anniversary in Austin. Left to right are Alsup, Mrs.
> Alsup, and P. K. 
> Williams, owner of this automobile firm."
> 
> 
> And then there comes Renault. Carlos Ghosn just took
> up the CEO position at 
> struggling Renault. Sound familiar? I can recall
> many many articles fromt he 
> 1970s thru AMCs last days by the press that shoved
> that damned moniker in 
> front of AMC when describing the company.
> "Struggling AMC" this and that. 
> Arrgh. Even paired with Nissan/formerly Datsun (a
> company oft mentioned that 
> might have been a suitable partner of AMC) Renault
> has a number of problems 
> like weak sales and no new products coming out.
> Sound familar again? Even 
> though Renault controls 44% of Nissan it is not what
> it appears to be, and 
> Renault has, guess what, no US presence since AMC
> days.
> 
>
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20051118/RTICKERMAIN18/TPBusiness/International
> 
>
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=ax7nKVqwkGmM&refer=europe
> 
> Speaking of Renault, out of curiosity, (trick
> question) what year did talks 
> in earnest happen between American Motors and
> Renault? Free used kid shoe 
> bonus to who gets it right.
> 
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.planethoustonamx.com
> 
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