Why can't americans build a decent automobile?

Question

Don't cry about where their assembled! American brand cars suck, good thing we're at war at least we can do something good (blow shi t up)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15190116

okay so a few GM wins wonder how much that cost them...

oh and I don't mean just car b\c the best ranked trucks are the honda ridgeline and the toyota tundra. Go ahead start bitching because you can't say anything with any kind of material proof. Let the crying commence...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15190116

okay so a few GM wins wonder how much that cost them...

oh and I don't mean just car b\c the best ranked trucks are the honda ridgeline and the toyota tundra. Go ahead start bitching because you can't say anything with any kind of material proof. Let the crying commence...

http://autos.msn.com/Default.aspx

Okay so GM won a few wonder how much that cost them?

Not just cars b\c the top ranked trucks are the honda ridgeline and the toyota tundra. I know they can do the work an f-350 can... better pray they don't enter into that segment, i'm sure the american auto industry would collapse overnight. No crying about where their assembled. Go ahead start crying and bitching because you have no material proof if you disagree with me. Tell your mechanic I said hi.

who would spend the money? you mean up front or through consistent visits to the repair shop, missing work, inconvienced by being on the side of the road? I think i'll just add a few dollars to my payment!

Answer 1

what about the mustang, camaro, and corvette?

Answer 2

It has nothing to do with the workers who assemble the vehicles... they do a heck of a job. It's a shame for them that american car companies have difficulty on the executive level. The problem is on the R&D side. For starters the trend is against innovation and more towards "if it ain't broke don't fix it". That attitude is what left the door open for foreign companies to be innovative and make designs that better meet the needs of consumers. It was foreign car companies that first came up with the video screen and camera to see behind you... then only after the public started buying vehicles with the rear view video did american companies add that feature, but by that time foreign companies had new design innovations in their vehicles... we were a huge step behind! Another problem is marketing blunders A good example is Ford who has been living off truck sales for years, so they keep making trucks and SUVs... then all of a sudden as gas prices shoot up people want fuel efficient small cars and all Ford has to sell are a bunch of trucks. Gee why are they in a heap of trouble? The bottom line is american vehicles are well built, but theres only so much our workers can do when the design and marketing strategies the suits come up with are crap.

Answer 3

HAHAHAHA HONDA RIDGELINE! That severly underpowered peice of junk! Tonka toys builds a better truck. And by the way, it was a consumer survey, not an actual analysis. And they only interveiwed 64,000 people. That hardly represents the full marketplace. And heres J.D. Powers list of the best used cars, trucks and SUVs. Funny how HOnda is on there once with their "entry-level" SUV.

J.D. Power: Most reliable cars

These cars, all 2002 models, have held up the best after three years, according to a survey.
June 29, 2005: 1:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - These 2002 model-year vehicles ranked first in their categories in the most recent J.D. Power and Associates Vehicle Dependability Study.

Compact car: 2002 Chevrolet Prizm

Entry midsize car: 2002 Chevrolet Malibu

Premium midsized car: 2002 Buick Century

Full-size car: 2002 Buick LeSabre

Entry luxury car: 2002 Ford Thunderbird

Mid luxury car: 2002 Lincoln Town Car

Premium luxury car: 2002 Lexus LS 430

Sporty car: 2002 Mazda Miata

Premium sports car: 2002 Porsche 911

Midsized pick-up: 2002 Chevrolet S-10

Light-duty full-sized pick-up: 2002 Cadillac Escalade EXT

Entry SUV: 2002 Honda CR-V

Midsized SUV: 2002 Toyota 4Runner

Full-sized SUV: 2002 GMC Yukon/Yukon XL

Entry luxury SUV: 2002 Lexus RX 300

Premium luxury SUV: 2002 Lexus LX 470

Midsized van: 2002 Ford Windstar

Full-sized van: 2002 Ford E-series

http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/29/Autos/jdpower_depend_tops/index.htm

Now you start the crying. Loser. Know your s h i t before you start talking, you Fast and Flamboyant pinhead.

Answer 4

I saw a new Shelby Mustang today and I think that Ford has finally made one car some people will want to buy. If it had a hybrid motor so that you can have the electric engine to turn off the gas engine when your at a stop light or have bio-diesel or something energy efficient, it would really make sense. The increase in "performance" cars which use more gas is beyond stupid!

Answer 5

The US car companies are trying to hard to hang onto the 60's--huge cars that eat too much fuel. SUV's, trucks, large vans, etc. These huge cars are just hard to maintain because of their sheer size and number of complicated parts.

As for passenger cars, I HATE that the newer a car is, the more crammed the engine bay is. It is close to impossible to do even routine maintenace on some newer cars now. But...to make cars as small as possible with the most power and the least weight, this is what they do.

Americans want powerful cars... beefy cars are big, and are complicated.

Answer 6

American did a great job with their Harleys. Niche market with specialized product.

Obviously you have not heard of MACK trucks. Their engine is NASA inspired technology. Totally different from piston engines. Expensive, but reliable and enormous power.

Ask every MACK owners. No other truck comes near MACK.

If you talk about tundra and all these lower range models, MACK is not interested.

Hope my answer is well.

Of course, you are not gay nor communist. You just want some opinion.

cheers bro

Answer 7

Sure they can, check out the 2004 Mercury Marauder.

There are many brands of vehicles made in America that excel in a variety of races and performances.

Answer 8

You obviously have issues along with your unjustified ramblings
about american cars... We build fine automobiles...

Answer 9

And our cars don't meet China's emission standards!!! We can't even sell American cars in FREAKIN' CHINA!!!!

Answer 10

you are so gay... and probably communist too... americans don
't give a **** about cars! we build the best trucks so that we can haul explosives! wow you should move to north korea and be gay there

Answer 11

because the art of learning is lost.