OT: Mahindra til USA

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Naa skal endeloig USA faa sin Lada. En bilimportoer fra Alpharetta har bestemt seg for aa begynne import av det indiske bilmerket Mahindra.
Jeg har imidlertid vondt for aa se en Georgia redneck kjoere rundt med Mahindra paa baklemmen:

Hippiene paa Bainbridge Island, derimot .......


Link til artikkelen - krever innloggong:
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/02/04/0204sbizindiacar.html

Coming soon to a car dealer near you — Indian SUVs.

Say what?

Mahindra & Mahindra has a yet-unnamed-for-the-U.S. market five-passenger, four-door vehicle with a pickup bed. In 2005, the firm was No. 34 on Automotive News' list of worldwide manufacturers.

India is the latest Asian tiger ready to leap into the world's most lucrative auto arena. By 2009, Americans hunting for automotive bargains might find Mahindra & Mahindra's utility vehicles alongside Fords and Chevys. Global Vehicles USA Inc., an Alpharetta auto importer and distributor, holds the exclusive right to sell the Indian SUVs, crossovers and pickup trucks to dealers across the country. Allan Vigil will make room on his Morrow lot for the six-speed, diesel-burning, four-wheel-drive vehicles.

"The Indians are coming and why not? Hell, everybody else is here," Vigil, Georgia's largest Ford dealer, said last week. "I've been a Ford guy for 30 years and this is the first time I'll bring anything in other than Ford products."

As if the U.S. auto industry didn't have enough problems..