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From: jahonen@cc.lut.fi (Jarmo Ahonen)
Subject: Re: Manual Shift Bigots
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kissane@black.Berkeley.EDU (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.

