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Old 12-06-2004, 05:19 PM
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I can hardly wait for the first Mao Tse "D" Benz to come off the line.

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Old 12-06-2004, 05:23 PM
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Chinese Benz?
Maybe Fiat's weren't such bad cars afterall.
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Old 12-06-2004, 05:25 PM
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It's always great seeing a company getting back to its roots, the root in this case being slave labor.
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Old 12-06-2004, 05:29 PM
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I venture that the Koreans feel a little put out, since they only have a license from Daimler to reproduce the W124 for domestic consumption.
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Old 12-07-2004, 09:23 AM
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HOT DAMN! Now Wal-Mart will finally be able to sell MB's.
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Old 12-07-2004, 09:36 AM
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They did a pretty good job on the Jiang, a Chinese clone of a WWII BMW motorcycle, and lets not forget the bang-up job they did on all those AK's and SKS's................

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Old 12-07-2004, 10:17 AM
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China copied the Bimmer motorcycle too, huh? Russia did it too, and is still producing the Ural.
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