Good night all 

"Svend" (svend) 10/03/2018 at 23:45 • Filed to: None

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Good night all, have some small s porty Vauxhalls.

Adam S, 1.4, 148bhp

Corsa VXR, 1.6, 202bhp.

Astra VXR, 2.0T, 276bhp

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Svend 10/04/2018 at 00:09

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I really like the Adam, it’s a handsome little car. Too bad it would fail miserably in the US.

Svend > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/04/2018 at 00:18

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But it shouldn’t, it (before Vauxhall and Opel were sold to PSA) could’ve been GMs (Buicks) vehicle to go against the Fiat 500.

There ’s even a slightly lifted one with plastic around the wheelarches and sills. 

facw > Svend 10/04/2018 at 00:28

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The 500 hasn’t exactly been a massive success in the US though:

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Compare to the Fiesta, which didn’t sell well enough for Ford to keep it around (and yet sold vastly better than the 500) :

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The way Americans buy cars, I just don’t think there’s room for much competition in the subcompact/city car space, that market can barely sustain itself even with very limited competition.

Tapas > Svend 10/04/2018 at 00:35

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No. Pls no fake macho car treatment.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Svend 10/04/2018 at 00:41

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Unfortunately, t he 500 has not really been a success in the US.

Svend > facw 10/04/2018 at 04:44

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Good point. I always thought the 500 sold a lot better than those numbers, then again I thought that of the Fiesta. 

Svend > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 10/04/2018 at 04:46

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Ye’, facw showed me the numbers, not great. 

BahamaTodd > facw 10/04/2018 at 09:19

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Where do you get your data?

facw > BahamaTodd 10/04/2018 at 09:26

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Sorry should have credited it. This is from:

http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/fiat/fiat-500/

and

http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/ford/ford-fiesta/

I don’t know where they get their data (I’d assume from the manufacturer’s publicly available reporting), but it looks good to me.

BahamaTodd > facw 10/04/2018 at 10:48

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Oh I wasn’t disputing the data. Its readily available from manufacturers. Its nice to have a single source for it. Thanks.