Reply #63: Anybody who produced the Pontiac Aztec..... [View All]

[Porcupine]

a car so ugly that pictures just cannot do it justice; has no right to complain.


Detroit produces crap that falls apart way too soon. In my town you can't give away a used Ford F-150 pickup. You also can't find a used Toyota or Nissan pickup for sale for less than twice what that Ford will cost you for the same model year.

Several guys in town drive around 25 year old Toyota land cruiser pick-ups. Consider the rarity of that truck and then it's clear how much better it was built than anything produced by detroit ever. It's not just the quality of the new cars but the durability of the used cars that gets Toyota sales. Product quality over the long haul counts.

I think the union workers of Detroit should consider tarring and feathering their CEO's. Clearly these noble souls have perfected the art of advancing their salary packages to the total exclusion of all other goals.

GM had the technology to produce a series hybrid vehicle in 1969. If they had spent any money advancing and producing that technology there would be no Toyota in the US today. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=115&topic_id=83804&mesg_id=83804

I can't shed a tear over the US auto industry.