On 5/3/06, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Loren Faeth wrote: > Yep, I like my story about the 190Dc (110) vs the ford fairmont (imitation > Mercedes) > I have to say the idea of the Ford Fairmont being an imitation Mercedes had never occurred to me. My dad had an '81, and it redefined the term 'stripper'. Cars don't come much more basic than that. It was reliable, but not long lived.
What makes the Fairmont an imitation Mercedes? I thought it was the Granada that was marketed as "European luxury at an American price" or some such. Alex Chamberlain '87 300D Turbo '93 Isuzu Trooper
