Re: [Amc-list] Sins

[Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx>]

> >>I'm saying, show me a factory showroom, FWD performance car.
>
> >>I don't think we will convince him that such a car exists.


to which John Mahoney said:


>I think we may: right now.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/ys4zuv


Holy moley.  263 ponies and a six-speed in a hatchback econobox.

I like it.

Too bad the Saturns you linked in the same post don't have such options.

FWIW, there is a 5.0 conversion kit for Ford Focus (Focii?) that converts 
those cars to sleeper RWD terrors.  I've been thinking about getting a 
wagon with the conversion.  But I guess that wouldn't qualify as a FWD 
performance car.

John Mahoney also said:


> >>A market, I might add, that AMC was never really able to capture.
>
>...but was able to benefit greatly from.  When Chrysler acquired AMC-Jeep, 
>the Grand Wagoneer had the highest-income buyer demographic of -any- US 
>car.  When the last one was built in 1991 (and titled as a 1992 model?), 
>Grand Wagoneer still claimed the -second- highest income level --- with 
>only the [then-brand-new] Buick Roadmaster Estate buyer earning more 
>American bucks.  Really.


No, not *that* market.

I'm talking about the gangsta-lookalike rides.  You know, the countless 
Navigators and Escalades tricked out with $4,000 wheels, more chrome added 
on than came on a 56 Buick, and such that you see with the mirrored windows 
and stereo vibrating the walls of the surrounding buildings.  They are 
ubiquitous these days, much as Mercedes were fifteen years ago.

Those guys plunk down $ 40 large for the biggest ride they can get and then 
add on another $10k to $20k in accessories.  ACCESSORIES.  I have a hard 
time parting with $100 for an NOS steering wheel for an Ambassador.

However many of these huge SUV's Ford and GM are selling, they are making 
big money on each one sold.  Yes, AMC did that with the GWaggies; but with 
AMC the windfall was from "old money".  The Nav/Esc are selling to new 
money from a different clientele that AMC never reached.

-- Marc

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