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Here in the U.S., we're quite familiar with the cultures that have sprung up around imported cars over the decades. From the young men who raced European sports cars around in the Googie architecture years to the young men who raced Japanese cars around in the pager-and-underglow years, there's always been adherents of foreign cars here in the States. That, in turn, has always led us to wonder whether any reciprocal appreciation of American cars took place in other countries,  particularly in England.
Fortunately, Thames TV was on the case in the late Seventies with these two segments taking a look at the few cars that American car companies exported to the U.K. in 1977 and 1978. Of course, they found the cars totally unsuitable for British roads. Of course, they complained about the (lack of) fuel economy. Of course, with the exception of the Mustang II, they couldn't wrap their minds around the comparative size of the cars. But that's not to say they didn't find some admirable qualities or overlook the customers who bought the cars and the handful of American car enthusiasts in England at the time.
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