The way I see it, the auto industry dug its own grave.
Look back to the late seventies and early eighties when foreign cars started taking over.
It was all about quality.
Even though there were three big names in detroit, it was essentially an auto monopoly that only had to compete amongst themselves.
That kind of incestuous relationship isn't good in nature, and it's no better for business.
Unions had a lot to do with it. Everybody wanted a bigger piece of the pie.
What ultimately suffered was quality. High quality is expensive. If everyone's going to suck more money out of a company - SOMETHING's going to give.
Japan saw the weakness, and had the hunger and drive to take full advantage of it.
Detroit was so focused on ITSELF that they totally forgot about their customers.
Developing vastly inferior products, that a typical customer spends an entire year's salary on, might keep management AND the unions happy, but it's a REAL bad formula for success.
That kind of move can, and did, destroy a company reputations for a long, long time.
For all I know, american cars COULD be vastly superior to foreign made nowadays, but to this day I STILL look at american cars with a LOT of distrust an apprehension.
I've been burned so badly in the past, it's just part of my nature now.
For most people - a new car is too much money to use as a vote for america or to show support for american workers.
You spend 30 or 40 grand out of your own pocket, and showing support for american industry tends to take second place behind not wasting your money.
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