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Old 21 Jan 2018, 00:18 (Ref:3794072)   #24
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How about the Chevy SS, or Holden in Australia.

The car was delivered to the U.S. so loaded down in unwanted gadgetry like "skip shift" etc. etc. that it cost $55 000 rather than $30 000 dollars and sank like a stone in the U.S. market for this and a number of other reasons. Trying to out BMW BMW.

Piece by Doug DeMuro here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfJjH4oZDTA

Skip to 17:00 mins.

This goes straight to a major bugbear of mine that modern cars are just too complicated and full of things that cost money require maintenance and need constant and expensive maintenance.

Car manufacturers version of GPS has to be the worst, but is closely followed by a whole bunch of expensive trash that adds nothing to a car.

Electric everything.

Hybrid PU's.
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