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From: judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga will bump Mac.
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Date: 5 Apr 91 22:40:47 GMT
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peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes:

> In article <1991Apr03.224953.21366@convex.com> swarren@convex.com (Steve Warr
> >
> >If you want an automobile analogy I'd say that the Mac was a Cadillac;
> >
> >Actually in Europe the Amiga has no problem claiming the title of "Chevy".
> 
> Please, when using such analogies, consider also that we Europeans are
> doing very hard to understand them: For us *every* Chevy or Cadillac
> are BIG, HUGE street cruisers that don't fit on our narrow streets
> here. But reading between the lines I guess that "Chevy" stands for
> "cheap" and "Cadillac" for "expensive/luxury"? Is that true?
> (Sorry, such things are not taught at school :-)
> 
> -- 
> Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions..
> Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peter

er, Cadillac - Big Mercedes?
Chevy - They build the ZR-1 Corvette - you know the one, not as fast as 
an F40 or 959, but about 1/4th the cost.

rory