Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
Yeah the foreign auto companies were smarter but is it in our best interest not helping our country's auto makers because they messed up?


Nissan has a plant in Mississippi. Toyota is building a plant in Mississippi (to build Priuses if I recall). These plants are employing Mississippians. The companies may be based out of Japan, but they're hiring and spending here in America.

I drive a Ford now because their quality has risen greatly in the past few years to be on par with Toyota and Honda as well as having decent gas mileage (nothing close to what I had with my Hyundai, but it's a four door that I can actually have friends ride in the back sear comfortably). Ford and Chrysler were two of the worst about not understanding that they needed to go for fuel efficiency. Ford was too concerned with their truck and SUV market to invest in smaller, more efficient cars. By the time they realized the problem, it was too late. Same with Chrysler. As gas prices rose, they kept throwing Hemi engines into their cars. GM was the only one with any foresight to look into alternative engines, though the Volt may come a little too late to make a difference.

whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

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