Originally Posted by
T-Mar
1989 was the last year in the US for Panasonic. The reasons were twofold. First, Japanese bicycles got very expensive after the 1985 yen re-evaluation. Secondly, the ratio of profit margin to required warehouse space was very low for bicycles compared to other product lines, so it was decided that the warehouse space would be better utilized by dropping the bicycle line.
wow, thanks for the info. i think that mine is an eighty nine because of the serial number, but the seven speed 600 cassette makes me think otherwise. hey, pictures are coming later today, hooray!!!