Twilly wrote:So your part of the problem??? Why buy a Toyota? The American economy is failing and you want to buy a Japanese car? All the profits from that car go to Japan? Why not a Ford or Chevy Hybrid? Do you know 1 out of 5 jobs in the US have something to do with the Auto industry? Does yours? How about your neighbors?
Support American companies today or you wont have a job to buy gas for that car tomorrow...
Twilly,
Name an American-built car with the room and fuel economy of a Prius.
None? No. Want to know why? When higher fuel efficiency standards are proposed, the Japanese hire engineers and designers. The Big 3, on the other hand, hire lobbyists and lawyers.
I used to be all for buying American cars, until they chose to abandon any semblance of sensibility, choosing to focus on next quarter's profits, instead of long term strategy and survivability.
Up until very recently, the push continued to be, "sell more SUVs, that's our big profit margin". They admitted to over-promoting their SUVs/pickups. What truly fuel efficient models does the Big 3 make in the US?
So why should we buy gashogs the Big 3 are trying to shove down our throats? If they were pro-American, they would have implemented fuel efficient hybrids (please don't try to bring up their SUVs and gashog pickup hybrids) and other gas-light cars.
That hasn't been the case, and they are desperate to play catch up. When they do catch up, I'll be willing to listen, but by that time, I'll likely be in an
Aptera, VentureOne, Loremo, the Volkwagen 1-liter, or similar vehicle. What does Detroit have to compete with this besides the $48,000 Volt?
Are you employed by a firm that has business with the Big 3 in any way? (answer truthfully)