Poll Question
I guess my post earlier today was a bit rushed and I didn’t explain my point very well…oh well, you get what you pay for. The point I was trying to make was that Had Ford and the other American car companies done things right they wouldn’t be in the mess they are in.
Sure BMW and others are building and selling SUV’s however you ask the majority of Americans and my guess is they will tell you that they would rather buy an export than an American car, but I could be wrong hence the unscientific poll above.
See had Ford and the others not had their heads up the investor’s asses as well as thier own they might have been able to avoid the position they are now in. They had a chance in the 1980’s but they blew it. As a result the Japanese have taken over and taken over big time. They have cars that are more fuel efficient and more reliable.hence my point. That the Free market has decided that they want those types of cars. Now, what Ford and the others have done is they have shaped the government policies around their profit goals. Ford claims that it is too expensive to make a car fuel efficient..
well I got news for you…my guess is if they had a really fuel efficient car that would stay in one piece for more than 2 years, they wouldn’t be losing $5000 dollars a car. Instead they are too busy making commercials for Rednecks that drive pick ups to call their congressman and stop this “madness” that would make trucks more fuel efficient.
Which goes to show you, the fucking guys just don’t get it. Free Market is deciding and unfortunately thousands of Americans are losing their jobs each year, especially in Delaware due to shortsightedness and greed.
“Honey, get me my Ford Prius!” Imagine how that would sound….but instead…we get a Ford hybrid SUV that gets less MPG than a honda civic….and that same FORD hybrid….. uses Toyota technology.
so hey all you rednecks call your congressperson and complain away, with any luck only 10,000 more Americans will lose their job next year.
Split down the middle. One Honda, one Saturn.
Never owned American until I took a chance and bought a Dodge Stratus in ’95. Head gasket went kablooey after a mere three years. (Conveniently AFTER the warranty expired, BTW.) Took it in, they said they’d “give me a break” on the price (only had to pay $100), yet they didn’t fix it. Busted again 3 mos. later. Ended up ditching the piece of shit and getting a Nissan Altima. Haven’t had a problem with it since.
I wrote some time ago a post similar to dim, er, um, donviti’s here.
BTW, long ago when I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I once owned a Datsun 240Z, one of the coolest cars ever. My fave car is its successor, this Z model.
Anyone know someone who owns one? I’d like to talk w/him (or her).
Hube:
You are dead on about the Fairlady Z. Bad ass wheels. I own an RX-8 and have owned rotary powered cars since 86′. I have three Mazda’s now and one is a Made in the USA B4000 Truck.
The US Auto companies made mistakes for sure, but the pressure from the unions and (yes) the investor community were extreme. Ford paid a wonderful dividend all those years when they could have been using that money to make the Taurus a world beater.
The question is what do they do NOW? Look for them to try to jettison the legacy costs. Will we let them?
I have both. The biggest disappointment has been the Land Rover I bought when I was a Boy Scout Leader. I think about leaving that thing in South Philly with the keys it in about once every 6 months or so.
Read the Business Week article about Ford and you will see why Ford is so messed up.