brbrice

Hi All,

I have recorded a 3-way shootout with the Euro Accord, Mazda 6, and Toyota Aventis (?) on a German news/information program. Was anyone interested in seeing it? It's in English and is about 5.5 minutes long (30 megs). I don't have a site or location to host it but would gladly share/upload/send it somewhere for people to watch (any anonymous public ftp sites?).

BTW, the review was quite favorable!

-Brian

larchmont

Hello, brbrice! Sounds great -- I'm pretty sure someone will take you up on it, if you can wait a few hours until everyone wakes up! (Just a few of us hanging out right now -- it's possible that nobody on here right now would be able to do it.)

BTW are you in Germany, or do you just have a great satellite TV plan?

brbrice

Actually I'm in the Bay Area (California) and during the wee hours of the mornings we get DW TV on one of the local stations (antenna). I have no idea why they show a German news program here but they do! hehe I just happened to be up (insomniac) and saw they were going to do a review on the Euro Accord and thought it would be good to record and that others might want to see it.

-Brian

M_M

I believe the Toyota Aventis is actually the corolla here in US??? At least this is the case in Asia.

1SICKLEX

The Aventis is not sold or badged anything here (smile).

tmkarab

So what was the result?!?! I caught the first part of the comparo (in Chicago, channel 20 at 7:30 on Mondays) but my vcr conked out in the middle

Did they choose the Accord as the winner?!?!

AdamC

I used to watched it every Monday night.
Very interested to know how the Germans like the TSX so please give us a summary of the comparo.

wiz

I'll take it...hit me up with an e-mail at ddouglas42@comcast.net and I'll give you a place to upload it.

Brad

I previously summarized the results in this message thread

http://www.acura-tsx.com/forums/show...&threadid=1134

brbrice

Wiz,

You got email!

For everyone else... just watch the video when it gets hosted somewhere.

-Brian

brbrice

Wiz has got the video now. Hopefully he'll be able to host it for you guys soon.

-Brian

Terence

Hi i am Swiss and just want to tell you that Auto Motor und Sport is a German Car Magazine and they have also a Tv show every Sunday.
I read & watch regulary their comparisons and they never tell the truth. Wenn they test a japanese car they try to find every disadvantage and write it down but on german cars they only tell the advantages of th german cars.
We think that this magzine belongs to the Volkswagen group who owns also AUDI, SKODA, PORSCHE and SEAT

AdamC

That sounds about right based on my 3 years of watching AMS TV.

wiz

Well, I have the file but I haven't uploaded it yet as it's at home and I'm at work. I've also got to find a place to upload it. I had a site, but the password has been changed to my account, and that causes some problems when you try to connect via FTP. I'll find something though.

Brad

It's notable that they didn't compare the Japanese makes with any German makes. It's as if, if you want a Japanese car, then compare it only with Japanese makes.

Also, in previous reviews of Japanese makes, they have emphasized the use of "Asian" to describe the cars. They also intermixed Asian themes by showing a nice Japanese Nissan or Lexus with an unsightly Korean Hyundai cargo container in the background. Funny that they don't show the latest and greatest VW, BMW, Mercedes, or Audi with Hyundai cargo containers in the background.

Accord Euro-R

By the way, the Toyota is the Toyota AVENSIS (not aventis) and it isn't a rebadged corolla. It's a luxurious toyota, about the size of the TSX and is designed in Belgium and built in England to compete with European Honda Accord, VW Passat, Opel Vectra, and Ford Mondeo (among others).

brbrice

Any updates Wiz?

-Brian