zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Mon, 30 May 2011 16:36:14 -0400, wrote:

zzzzzzzzzz wrote the following:
On Mon, 30 May 2011 12:49:10 -0700 (PDT), wrote:


Heh Heh. Finally catches up with where Europe and Japan were fifty
years ago.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/bu...%2Findex.jsonp



You think, perhaps, that perhaps they've simply been building cars all along
that people actually want to buy? Nah, that couldn't be it.


The dark horse is catching up.
http://autos.aol.com/article/hyundai-kia-expected-to-top-toyota-lexus-in-may-sales/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl4|sec1_lnk3|66929

That's certainly good news for people in this area (Kia assembly plant 20mi
one direction and Hyundai 60 in the other). ;-)
Hi,
I think about two factors, US auto makers always chucked away good
design when people liked it and kept bad ones in the market.
Part of quality problem was union. They only worked hard for higher
wages and benefits not improving their workmanship. As a result GM and
Chrysler almost went belly up.