Monday, January 03, 2005
Get Ready for the Chinese Cars!
Malcolm Bricklin doesn't have a very good track record when it comes to cars. In the 1970s, he introduced the Bricklin, a sports car with gull-wing doors and an acrylic body. While a total of 192,000 cars were supposed to be produced within a four-year period, less than 3,000 were actually made before the company went bankrupt. In the 1980s, Malcolm tried again by introducing us to the $4,000 Yugo--a vehicle which made the adage "you get what you pay for" seem especially poignant. Now Bricklin is working on a deal to import cars into the United States from Chinese government-owned Chery Automobile Company. Will we all be driving cars from Red China in the near future? With Malcolm's history, it seems doubtful.
