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Old 04-25-2008, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by AlfaTango1 View Post
It may well be a cultural thing.
Very well put. It's true that for the most part, 164s aren't considered as sports sedans in Europe, even in Italy. Don't me wrong, there are nice 164s with V6s and what not but a lot of them are dented cars with mismatched hubcaps and a tired diesel engine that spews out smoke (the same could be said about Milanos, bytheway). There's just difference in how they're perceived is all.

It goes both ways. This morning in Marseille I saw an 80s Oldsmobile Cutlass. The owner probably thinks he has a real special car, almost a luxury car, whereas in the U.S. people think of a Cutlass as a $300 beater they don't want to get stuck driving behind, let alone inside it.

I am not comparing the 164 to an Oldsmobuick, just the way they're looked at.
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