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| 1491.1 | My God ! A CAR from Korea ?!?! | RUTILE::GUEST | Someone | Mon Jul 08 1991 11:35 | 14 |
| re .0
What an informative question. Would you care to specify at least North or
South ?
Perhaps the name of the car you saw, or even the name of the
manufacturer ?
(Korea has been making cars for a bit longer than you may have
realised.)
Nigel
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| 1491.2 | Supposition | AYOV27::ISMITH | Off to Severance City | Mon Jul 08 1991 13:30 | 5 |
| The car in question is probably the new Kia Pride. It is a licensed
version of the old Mazda 121, but Kia will be selling it for less than
Mazda ever did.
Ian
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| 1491.3 | Hyundai? | CRISPY::GERRYT | | Tue Jul 09 1991 17:00 | 9 |
| What? not the Hyundai?
They have a new model out just now. Haven't seen anything about it
though.
Brother had a Pony 1.5 on loan whilest his ISUZU was being serviced.
Was impressed, but thought the internals a bit plasticky.
Timbo
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| 1491.4 | | HUGS::AND_KISSES | Scott Marshall | Wed Jul 10 1991 11:51 | 3 |
| And don't forget that Panthers are also made in Korea...
Scott
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| 1491.5 | How old are they? | AYOV27::ISMITH | Off to Severance City | Wed Jul 10 1991 12:28 | 6 |
| Neither Hyundai nor Panther are new manufacturers, Kia (as far as I am
aware) is, at least from the point of view of selling cars here. Does
anyone happen to know how long they have been around in Korea?
Ian.
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| 1491.6 | | VOGON::ATWAL | | Wed Jul 10 1991 12:34 | 5 |
| >And don't forget that Panthers are also made in Korea...
I thought they were assembled in Byfleet, although the parent company is Korean.
...art
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| 1491.7 | | MACNAS::BMULQUEEN | | Thu Jul 11 1991 13:55 | 1 |
| Daewoo is another Korean car manufacturer
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| 1491.8 | Triv time | BONNET::HARDY | | Fri Jul 12 1991 13:30 | 16 |
| Ian,
re.5
As far as I know, the following is the true.
Kia are not exactly the newest vehicle manufacturer in Korea, they are
the oldest. They were formed in 1944, but made only commercial vehicles
until 1974. they also make the Capital and Concord (Mazda 626 based).
Other Koreans are SMC, Asia, Daewoo, Gaz and Hyundai.
If you really like trivia, include Kia in the list and spot the odd one
out!
Peter
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| 1491.9 | Where are you Kevin? | AYOV27::ISMITH | Off to Severance City | Fri Jul 12 1991 13:38 | 4 |
| The author of .0 seems to have done a bunk in any case.
Ian.
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| 1491.10 | Waht Car ? | DUCK::GERRYT | | Fri Jul 19 1991 14:44 | 4 |
| Something in What Car? this month, I have heard via the Ads on radio
210. Maybe worth a check-out.
Tim
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| 1491.11 | But Not Forgotten. | KERNEL::OSBORNE | | Fri Jul 19 1991 16:51 | 3 |
| The author of .0 has been away, but not to Korea I hasten to add!.
Dave.
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| 1491.12 | Yes,I'm back..... | KERNEL::MORIARTY | | Mon Jul 22 1991 10:44 | 13 |
| Thankyou .1 for that lovely informative reply....I'm sorry I didn't
have my nose buried into a book telling me all about the Korean car
manufacturers...I hope I can ask another question another day & get as
much information again!!!
Thankyou everyone else for the info,I shall now take a step back
never to ask another question.I did read an article in auto express
which was quite interesting.The reason for the original question was
I'd heard a few things being bandied about in the press & talking like
there was a new wonder car suddenly being produced in Korea.
Kevin
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| 1491.13 | | RUTILE::GUEST | A Wkstn so Powerful it worked. Once. | Mon Jul 22 1991 11:53 | 14 |
|
Well, i admit that .1 was maybe a bit OTT, and my knowledge of the
Korean car industry is not what it could be :-).
BUT, to answer questions does require a bit of info to work on.
NOT everyone reads Auto-express (or the other papers you read). What
did they say that made it sound as though a wonder car was being
produced ?
We are not all psychic !!
Nigel
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| 1491.14 | | HEWIE::RUSSELL | Hari Krishna, Hari Ramsden, Hari Hari | Mon Jul 22 1991 12:47 | 7 |
| re .13;
>We are not all psychic !!
I just know you were going to say that, Nigel...
Peter.
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| 1491.15 | Hom,Hom,Hom:-)) | KERNEL::MORIARTY | | Mon Jul 22 1991 18:30 | 10 |
| Oh,I'm ever so sorry,I thought we were all psychic!!!:-)))
Anyway,the only reason I didn't give the name was because I hadn't
read anything about the car (or the manufacturer) & I couldn't
remember the name......However,no problem,I am now enlightened (thanks
to my other psychic friends) & am back in happy smiley land..
Regards
Mr U.Geller
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| 1491.16 | dodgy dealer | LARVAE::HUTCHINGS_P | Misteak.?..what Misteak.? | Tue Jul 23 1991 11:18 | 2 |
| does this mean you will be entering more notes in the For Sale
note..only this time for Korean cars..???
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| 1491.17 | Altered States | PHLACT::BROWNE | | Wed Jul 24 1991 20:18 | 5 |
| Just for some trivia, the Ford Festiva is the Kia Pride/Mazda 121 in
the U.S. Also the Pontiac LeMans in the U.S. is a Daewoo is the
Vauxhaul Astra which is the Opel Kadett? Hyundai is Hyundai except
for the Mitsubish Precis which is the Hyundai Excel.
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