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From: [email protected] (Roy Matthew Thigpen)
Subject: Re: Ad said Nissan Altima best seller?
[email protected] writes:
> In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Chin-Heng Thang) writes:
> > Recently, I saw an ad for the altima which says that it is the
> >best seller for the past 6 months, is that true?
> >
>
> I too was puzzled by this obvious untruth. What I think is going on is that
> Nissan claims that the Altima is "the best selling new car namelplate in
> the US" (I think I have this near verbatim). Lee Iaccoca's statistics
> dept. would have been proud of that sentence. What they mean, I think, is
> that of all "totally new models", i.e. cars never sold before in any
> form, the Altima is the best seller, thereby eliminating Accord, Taurus
> etc.
THis is from the same people who make the claim that our minivan is outsellin
theirs.... implying that the Nissan Quest/ Murcury Villager are out-selling
the Chrysler mini-vans.... not only is this not true at all, but it was a stupid
claim to make... the commercial was part of the introduction campaign for the
vans. Kind of a bold statement to make when you haven't even sold one yet, eh?
And I thought Buick and Oldsmobile where bad. Shame on you Nissan and
Mercury!
>
> Any other interpretations?
>
>
> Craig
> > Does anyone has anyhting regarding the # of cars sold for the
> >past 6 months?
> >
> >
> >
> >tony
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