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You know what they say: " The wife is always the last to know".
Mike Aube
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From: Cameron Mac Millan <casm@earthlink.net>
To: <peugeot-l@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: rumors peugeot is coming back to the u.s. next
year!!!
>
> > he's from kenya, bought the car in paris and brought it here, now
> > he also told me that where he got the car, the salesmen and others
> confirmed
> > 2 him that peugeot was making a huge move next year and bringing in
> the newer
> > models...
>
> I don't doubt what you're saying is true. However, it all seems
> rather odd that we keep hearing these sporadic reports of an imminent
> return by Peugeot - on this list. I haven't seen anything in print
> to indicate that this is true; in fact, everything I've seen in print
> indicates exactly the opposite.
>
> I do have to admit, however, that I have also heard rumours and
> spotted cars on test, notably in the Mojave desert (two 306s) and in
> the San Diego area (406 Coupe). The 306s appeared to be undergoing
> extreme weather testing, judging from the laptops on their front
> passenger seats plugged into a diagnostic port dangling from under
> the dash. The 406 was in motion but was wearing manufacturer plates,
> so no idea what it was around for (possibly some sort of
> California-specific certification).
>
> The problem: even with my (and other folks') observations of cars on
> test, we just don't know why they're here. Sure, the cars were on
> manufacturer plates, but a lot of companies do extreme weather
> testing in California. Other people I know have spotted Fiats and
> Alfas on test, but neither of these manufacturers has publicly
> announced a return to the US market, nor have any US certification
> results for any of these cars been circulated.
>
> This is also not taking into account the need to set up a
> highly-comprehensive dealer and service network, train people to work
> on the cars, publicise them, and actually get them on the roads.
> None of this is going to be easy for Peugeot, especially with their
> poor name in the US market. It would actually make more sense for
> them to re-enter the US with Citroen, the one French manufacturer
> that still has a shred of respect here simply because nobody really
> remembers them.
>
> The Kenyan fellow you spoke with probably was told by the Paris sales
> staff that Peugeot was re-entering the US market. However, it's
> possible that the dealer in Paris smelled potential fleet sales and
> service contracts to the Kenyan embassy, and told him what they
> thought he wanted to hear. It just seems odd to me that a French
> dealer (who won't even be selling the US-market cars) would know so
> much about something that nobody here really does.
>
> What it all comes down to is this: until we start seeing the
> advertising in the magazines (and cars in the showrooms), it all has
> to be taken with a grain of salt. There's no proof as yet, and
> building ourselves up for a return that never happens would not be a
> good thing.
>
> > who ever is well connected 2 peugeot might have heard the rumors,
> > and if they do come, im buyin the 607 cuz that is just the slickest
> car u'll
> > ever see....HAIL TO PEUGEOT and lets hope they do a good job here
> for the
> > future
>
> Personally, I plan to be first on the list for a 406 Coupe if and
> when it happens :)
>
> - Cameron.
>
>
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