[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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