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DaimlerChrysler Slams America in S. African Billboard
Car & Driver, Sept. 2006, pg. 29

Posted on 08/07/2006 8:21:59 PM PDT by erkyl

I thought everyone might like to see this picture which appears in this month's Car & Driver. Chrysler jumps on the anti-American bandwagon to sell cars abroad. This is an actual picture of a billboard displayed in South Africa...touting the absence of any American influence in its Smart cars.

http://i2.tinypic.com/23wws3n.jpg


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: advertising; america; americahaters; auto; boycottbait; carmanufacturers; chrysler; doctorz; nomorechryslerbenz
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1 posted on 08/07/2006 8:22:00 PM PDT by erkyl
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To: erkyl
Might as well show it:


2 posted on 08/07/2006 8:24:13 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: erkyl

Hmmm ~ screw the Germans and their Swiss running dogs.


3 posted on 08/07/2006 8:24:40 PM PDT by muawiyah (-/sarcasm)
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To: Jeff Head

Thanks...didn't know how to do that :-)


4 posted on 08/07/2006 8:25:03 PM PDT by erkyl
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To: Jeff Head

You write much better than Daimler does : )


5 posted on 08/07/2006 8:26:01 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Taglines for sale or rent. Good "one liners", 50 cents.)
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To: erkyl

Given the absolute crap that American car companies have tried to pawn off on Africa over the years, it's not surprising that American cars have a horrible name there. American cars had a nasty habit of dying out in the bush - which tends to be fatal for the passengers.

If I worked for DCX and wanted to try to sell cars there, I'd have to do the same thing.


6 posted on 08/07/2006 8:26:35 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Blue Jays
Hi All-

Coming from a car manufacturer that has yet to install a decent transmission in their vehicles.

~ Blue Jays ~

7 posted on 08/07/2006 8:26:43 PM PDT by Blue Jays (Rock Hard, Ride Free)
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To: erkyl

"German Engineering"

Does that mean the tailpipe leads into the vehicle?


8 posted on 08/07/2006 8:27:21 PM PDT by Prince Charles
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Judging by the car, it must be "East" German engineering.


9 posted on 08/07/2006 8:27:35 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: erkyl

It appears European car design is gradually reverting back to the Isetta.


10 posted on 08/07/2006 8:27:40 PM PDT by prairie dog
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To: Jeff Head

We wouldn't want to take any credit for that ugly thing.


11 posted on 08/07/2006 8:28:26 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: Prince Charles

Ouch!


12 posted on 08/07/2006 8:28:31 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: erkyl

DR. Z .. dumb dumb dumb

I had heard domestic unit sales for daimler chrysler has slipped since Dr Z went on the air as the spokescritter, I wonder why? Thanks for posting this.


13 posted on 08/07/2006 8:28:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ......Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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Nice looking POS, if you're a goober.


14 posted on 08/07/2006 8:28:40 PM PDT by lp boonie (Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement)
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To: prairie dog
Or the Trabant


15 posted on 08/07/2006 8:29:06 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jeff Head

Some of the PR moves that Diamler-Chrysler has made over the past few months have been downright stupid. First the Dr. Z advertisements on TV and now something like this? I guess nobody told the Germans that a bunch of American good old boys who are looking for alternatives to homosexuality-promoting Ford might be wandering around Dodge showrooms.


16 posted on 08/07/2006 8:29:14 PM PDT by Old_Mil (http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
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To: erkyl

I laughed. Come on, that is a good one.


17 posted on 08/07/2006 8:29:17 PM PDT by DallasJ7
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Here's what we should write him:
Hey, Dr. Z...is that a real mustache, er...billboard? Ifit is...then maybe American Sales should be exactly what you predict on the boillboard. NOTHING.

How about them apples Z? Actors, jeez!

18 posted on 08/07/2006 8:29:31 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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To: Spktyr
On the other hand modern American automotive paint is the all time favorite for Africans when it comes to huffing.

They love the stuff ~ all the time trying to get permission to mail it too.

And those guys have MJ growing wild everywhere.

19 posted on 08/07/2006 8:30:05 PM PDT by muawiyah (-/sarcasm)
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To: Old_Mil

See my post 18.


20 posted on 08/07/2006 8:30:14 PM PDT by Jeff Head (www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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