Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 20:51 on 18 Jan 2004:

 BF> I don't think meeting the American standard is the problem. Your
 BF> standard is our standard as well.
 BF> The problem would rather be that Peugeot don't have any partner in
 BF> USA such as GM owns SAAB and Ford owns Volvo.
 BF> I think both Peugeot and Renault and even Citroen are stand alone.
 BF> Take for instance
 BF> GM. In there are Fiat, SAAB, Opel, Wauxhal, and is it Subaru in
 BF> Japan outside of USA.

That Peugeot abandoned selling cars in North America would make it more
difficult for it to re-establish a reputation as a reliable car.   But
Peugeot/Renault is a huge enterprise, much bigger than either Honda or
Nissan, and both those companies sell lots of cars in both Canada and the
U.S.

Incidentally, FIAT, Opel and Vauxhall are no longer sold over here.  Saab
certainly is and Subaru is a big hit in the north because of its all wheel
drive.

Standards can be an issue, particularly the California emission
requirements, but one would think Peugeot could deal with this if they
wanted to.

 SH> No but I enjoyed reading about it.:-)

 BF> With the hood open?

Only to see what they were describing in the book.:-)

 SH> had a heater which was simply anemic while my 2003 Honda's heater keeps
 SH> the car warm at -50.

 BF> Then you should have seen the first SAAB 92 2-stroke.
 BF> They weren't warm even at 0.

Cars generally had anemic heaters until recently.  The Model A had a baffle
on top of the exhaust manifold and that was optional.:-(  My 1947 Plymouth
and my 1953 Chevrolet had heater radiators but they were pretty punk and I
was saved only by the fact that Victoria temperatures rarely dropped below
0.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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