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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Jul 25, 2008 11:41
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Fit
A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 25, 2008 15:00
On Jul 25, 11:41 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Fit
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> A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
> North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
> unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts
Is the only difference that it is profitable for the company that
makes it or are there other differences?
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Jul 25, 2008 15:40
On Jul 25, 6:00 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 25, 11:41 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
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>> A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
>> North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
>> unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts
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> Is the only difference that it is profitable for the company that
> makes it or are there other differences?
You recall Vance Packard?
The candid explainer of human consumer motivation
Author of THE HIDDEN PERSUADERS
Circa mid1950s, his popular psychology research & perhaps the study of
Freud indicates to him that a convertible is a unconscious
"mistress."
The hardtop (without that post between the windows, has a sexual
attraction too.
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 25, 2008 16:03
On Jul 25, 3:40 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> On Jul 25, 6:00 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Jul 25, 11:41 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:>
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>>> A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
>>> North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
>>> unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts
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>> Is the only difference that it is profitable for the company that
>> makes it or are there other differences?
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> You recall Vance Packard?
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> The candid explainer of human consumer motivation
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> Author of THE HIDDEN PERSUADERS
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Jul 25, 2008 16:57
On Jul 25, 7:03 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 25, 3:40 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 25, 6:00 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>> On Jul 25, 11:41 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:>
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>>>> A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
>>>> North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
>>>> unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts
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>>> Is the only difference that it is profitable for the company that
>>> makes it or are there other differences?
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Author: ImmortalistImmortalist Date: Jul 25, 2008 21:17
On Jul 25, 4:57 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:> On Jul 25, 7:03 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 25, 3:40 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:>
>>> On Jul 25, 6:00 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>>> On Jul 25, 11:41 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:>
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>>>>> A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
>>>>> North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
>>>>> unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts
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>>>> Is the only difference that it is profitable for the company that
>>>> makes it or are there other differences?
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Author: Robert CohenRobert Cohen Date: Jul 26, 2008 05:08
On Jul 26, 12:17 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Jul 25, 4:57 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:
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>>> On Jul 25, 7:03 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>> On Jul 25, 3:40 pm, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:>
>>>> On Jul 25, 6:00 pm, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:>
>>>>> On Jul 25, 11:41 am, Robert Cohen msn.com> wrote:>
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>>>>>> A sem-ugly, utilitarian car that is for sale to the World including
>>>>>> North America, and Honda reportedly actually makes a profit from it,
>>>>>> unlike allegedly GM on its subcompacts ...
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Author: Bret CahillBret Cahill Date: Jul 30, 2008 05:50
> CONSUMER REPORTS, to which I had subscribed, tho rarely read now, was
> a favorite in the dark ages before our terrific �internet info ad
> nauseam.
> Imho: The world before Google WAS a semi-dark age.
Try to imagine facing peak oil w/o cheap instant communications.
Everything then now seems quaint. This effect will be a great aid in
moving away from a profligate waste of fuel. SUVs already seem
quaint.
Bret Cahill
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