[DeTomaso] One-owner cars

JDeRyke at aol.com JDeRyke at aol.com
Tue Oct 18 14:24:28 EDT 2011


In a message dated 10/18/11 7:57:48 AM, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:
snip.......
> Selling these through LM dealerships instead of Ford ( who had 
> salespeople used to selling Shelbys, Cobras, HiPo Mustangs, etc.) was perhaps the 
> leading reason that sales were no more than they were, they simply did not 
> know how to sell them and attracted the wrong demographic....
> 
> 
MIchael, Ford's rationale was, L-M was selling the Capri (first made in 
Germany, then in England) so Ford thought L-M knew something about the foreign 
car marketplace. That wasn't the only bad miscalculation FOMOCO made re the 
Pantera.... J DeRyke


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