Eeyore wrote:
>>"Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B" wrote:
>>
>>> The Corrado was also a sweet car, but I like your analogy to a Beta-Test.
>>> It really could have been something. I live in New England, and I see a
>>> LOT of rotten ones. Seems they rusted before their time; unusual for a
>>> German car! Usually the steel is so thick and of such a high quality that
>>> with regular washings and waxings, the bodies last a LONG time! >>
>>Electro-galvanised steel is the key to non-rusting cars.
>>
>>It's *that* simple.
>
>Sure, but the paint falls off. And, if you get ONE scratch on it, it >rusts.
>
>The REAL solution is stainless steel. Harder to stamp and you can't do
>deep body curves, but it worked for DeLorean.
>--scott
Or plastic body panels a la Saturn. Better yet, like the Fiero, TransSport, and Corvette.