schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRepublicans Complain That Cars Have Become Too Safe, Say It Must Be Reversedfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up1687arrow-down124
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minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere a similar effect with Mercedes in the US: they mainly export their high-end cars here, not their economy cars. Therefore Americans associate the entire brand with rich assholes. It’s true enough within the US, but may not hold outside it.
There a similar effect with Mercedes in the US: they mainly export their high-end cars here, not their economy cars. Therefore Americans associate the entire brand with rich assholes. It’s true enough within the US, but may not hold outside it.