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Old 06-22-2008, 06:29 AM   #5 (permalink)
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hmm, still interesting though. pretty strange that there would be such a drastic difference in the aesthetics of car models across continents. wonder what kind of focus groups they base it all on. makes little sense to me, designing so many differences into the same standard setup. of course, i never looked at the co.uk page for honda. i rather like the hidden door handles but i dont really care for the rear slope on the fourdoor. i dont know why the us didnt get the 3 door. i guess its a hatch like the 7thgen si right?

regardless of all that, i wonder if other car manufacturers do this to their model lines across countries and continents. anyone know? i mean, does a camry look different in britain than it does in the states? i assume most cars for the euro market are smaller, so camrys prolly dont even sell well there on the whole, but who the hell knows. also, anybody know what that tiny european car is that looks like a shrunk down skinny dodge prowler? i saw em on tv once, they hand make them all and theyre limited to 300 km/h and the waiting list is like 8 months and your order includes a trip to the factory to watch them assemble the interior or something. was pretty neat. dont remember the name or country of origin though...

edit: you know with google and wikipedia i basically should never ask another question. ever. took like two seconds to find with the keywords "small euro sports car". damn. Donkervoort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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