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Wednesday January 21, 2009 Someone's still buying American cars
Detroit's output of bulbous, gas guzzling, poor handling, charm-free behemoths may not appeal to the American public any more, but Saudi and Kuwait still love them.
I remember being told that at one time, a number of years ago, Saudi families would automatically get a GMC Suburban for free from the government.
I don't know if that's true or not, but given the close ties between the US and its two major oil producing Gulf allies, perhaps an alternative bailout could be put together? All it needs is for every rattling old Chevrolet Caprice on the streets of Riyadh and Kuwait City to be replaced with a spanking new V8 blob. That would keep Detroit going for a few more years.
( Jan 21 2009, 07:35:26 PM GST ) Permalink Comments [1]