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Originally posted by Linux Frank:
Erm... you hate Ford and drive Land Rover ... and you see nothing wrong in this statement?
Oh well better late than never. I really really hate to burst bubbles, but Land Rover IS Ford now - In fact it has been since it designed the Discovery all those years ago - which explains why that is such an ugly and boring piece of crap, and has the same reported stability issues as do most SUVs.
Ford Just bought Land Rover like 2 years ago, the Discovery has been out for over 10 years. And Everything is still BMW. I am very pissed that Ford bought Land Rover. But saying that Land Rover is ford is like saying that Aston Martin, Jaguar, and Volvo are all Ford. We all know they share no parts in common. It is also like saying that Chrysler is Mercedes because Mercedes owns them. Hell no, Chrysler doesn't get that Title.
The only foreign company that Ford owns that they have taken over is Mazda.
P.S. I supremely disagree with you that the Discovery is an ugly boring piece of crap. I love the way the Discovery looks, and I love it engine. I've read review where they say the engine is more capable of pulling a stump out of the ground than mergin on a freeway. I like the new Range Rovers, they are cool and the BMW engine in them is awesome. The Land Rover I most want is a Defender, too bad they can't sell them in USA anymore.
[ December 01, 2002: Message edited by: Billy Gates: Mac Commando ]