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I believe the Corvette and the Cadillacs are sold in the UK, no?

You can call it a Chebby.

Well my experience with Perry's is different. I inquired about his 53 Ford in April, he said it was in stock, I ordered it and received it in a month. Shipped half way around the globe, no less.

By the time they release the G8 there were already rumours of Pontiac's impending death. Pretty hard to sell something from a brand that is about to be discontinued, and the reduced sales probably justified the decision to kill it. They are supposed to bring back the Commodore as the new Caprice police package. I think there is a market for them to divert some from the fleet sales to be offered as the Chevelle or Monte Carlo SS? It worked for the Germans, so we should just adopt it, and people will suddenly think we are German.

Funny you brought up the GTO. Most of the over-40 adults I know (and I know a lot of them) would not consider anything that has less than 4 doors. Those who would and could afford the initial asking price of the GTO bought a BMW instead. And the people who would want a GTO (under-30 coupe buyer) couldn't afford it, so they bought a Mustang instead. The problem with the GTO was that the market for it simply did not exist at the price GM originally was asking. As soon as they dropped the price to a more realistic level around late 2005, sales started to pick up.

Nah, the last T-Bird was based on the same platform as the Lincoln LS/Jaguar S-Type. It's entirely different from the Mondeo/Contour platform of which the Cougar was built on.

The last Cougar was not based on the Probe. It was Ford's last "World Car" in the Alex Trotman era: designed in Europe, based on the Mondeo, and intended to replace the Probe in North America and sort of revive the Capri in Europe. Deemed to be an old man's car in North America and too American in Europe, it failed in both markets miserably. As for the Marauder, it IS an old man's car. And it'd be just the same for the Cougar if Ford revived it yet again as a Mustang clone: an old man's Mustang.

I'm not surprised Ford is killing Mercury. I'm surprised it took them this long. At least GM tried to reinvent Oldsmobile as an import fighter before finally dropping it; for a long time Mercury has been selling the same cars as Ford with different grille, lights and bumpers for practically the same price. Why spend all the money to maintain a separate brand when it is fighting over Ford for the same customers?

Ferraris of late also have a silly grin. No one seems to be complaining. Ditto for the new McLaren road car. Haven't heard any complaints yet.

Can you do Goodyear tires? I'd really like some Eagle VR Gatorback.

The Axela isn't doing all that great in Japan, don't hold your breath for a Mazda3 scale kit. As for the AZ-1, I have a feeling Aoshima will have a whole line of Ita-Sha/Comic variations coming up soon.

Just out of curiosity I tried to look up the dimension of the early Hemi, and found some numbers in classichemi.com. All dimensions in inches. For the Dodge Red Ram: Width ( oil filter installed ) 32 3/4 Height ( bottom of oil pan to top of air cleaner ) 31 Length ( back of flywheel housing to front of fan ) 28 3/16 For the Chrysler Fire Power: Width ( oil filter installed ) 32 3/8 Height ( bottom of oil pan to top of air cleaner ) 36 1/2 Length ( back of flywheel housing to front of fan ) 36 3/4

There are agents who can bid for you in Japanese auction sites and arrange to ship the items to you. Do a search on the Internet for them. To contact the seller, click on 出品者への質問. I've looked over those auctions, none of them ship outside Japan.