How 'bout a DatSUV (wee bit o' Alfa content)

["Douglas R. and Julia R. Harris" <dharris@domain.elided>]

Jerry in Houston wrote:
>Now really, just how many soccer moms who have to drag several kids
around or campers with a ton of gear are >really going to trade in their
SUV for a Mini.  Don't get me wrong, I think the Mini-S is great.  I
have a friend with a >REAL Mini Cooper 1275S and even that curmudgeon
likes the new mini.

Right.  But how many people really don't need SUVs -- for towing,
hauling, team taxi service, etc. -- and how many of those, if there were
a cultural change like the one BMW seems to want to nudge along, might
be tempted by something smartly-sized, nimble and fun, say, along the
lines of the Mini or (HERE comes the Alfa content) a 147?  Some of the
most fun I ever had in a car (driving or riding that is) occurred in the
early seventies, when, as a ten-year-old, my college-student brother
hauled me around in his (gulp) red Datsun 1200 two-door thingee.  It
wasn't quick, it wasn't sophisticated, but it sure felt right and made a
lot of sense.
Let the backlash begin.

Doug in Richmond

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