Reply #78: No denying that the switch to FWD was executed horribly [View All]

[NoGOPZone]

and certainly contributed to the poor reputation of domestics from the era in question, but I don't know if it caused, as in originated, this rep. Unless I remember incorrectly, the transition to FWD gained real momentum in the early eighties with the introduction of vehicles like the K-cars and GM's X-body series. By that time the reputation of domestics had already been harmed by seventies models like the Vega, Aspen and Pinto. There were other disasters from the early eighties, like the Olds Diesel engine, that did further damage. A lot going wrong back then.