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1. Ben says:

   April 6, 2009 at 05:35

   I lol’d.

   Jalopnik said GM says that this thing gets 30mg. My eye it does.

   “But it’s what consumers want!”

   If I was shopping for a new car in Oz, right now to replace our 2002 Mazda Premacy (which I bought used about 15 months ago), there is really only one thing that fits the bill: A Renault Scenic. Most people, I would guess, who are in my situation, would not even be aware of the Scenic. Everyone else, Ford, Holden, Toyota, Mazda, etc, would put me into a small 4wd thing. Honda sell the Japanese style Odyssey here, but it’s on the order of $5-8k more than a CRV.

   Of course, in Oz we can say that the lower import tax on 4wds make that sort of pricing possible, and is a disincentive to, eg, Mazda to sell the Mazda5 here when they can make more per car on selling people the heavier, thirstier, less practical CX-7.

   What’s the rest of the world’s excuse?
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