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Originally Posted by stuartj View Post
Nothing unique to HD in this Jeff. As I recall they nearly went broke in the 80s (so did Porsche in the early 90s) and they managed to reinvent themselves as marketers, and sell what they had.
Yep, similar strategies based on two realizations: that most people are enamored of the brand name, and most buyers will never ride/drive the product near its limits.
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