file.newsgroup.cars.103438 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Jarmo Ahonen)
Subject: Re: Manual Shift Bigots
[email protected] (John G. Kissane) writes:
>As a matter of interest does anyone know why autos are so popular in the US while
>here in Europe they are rare??? Just wondering.....
>--
Many cars sold here in Finland are *small* and *cheap* cars (at least when
compared to other cars --- note that we have over 120 % car tax).
And you couldn't expect a good auto mated to a 1.3 L engine?
Most of the bigger cars are, however, sold with autos.