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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Well the UAW has been making concessions so I don't see how we can throw all the blame on the workers.
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=964043
Maybe if they built a better product or got better reviews because for the last number of years it's been cool to lambaste N. American cars and from my experience it isn't called for. If we continue to buy only foreign goods, we deserve it when our economy goes in the tank.
Sometimes in life we have to hold our noses and ante up and this bail out is one of those times. |
I agree. All American made vehicles are not of poor quality. Many are great products. But the problem that arose was the excessive focus on all the SUV's and big honking trucks.
Now that was not all the fault of the automakers, basically they were just responding to the demand at the time. And no one can deny that in North America, SUVs were and to some extent, still are, king of the hill. The problem that arose is the automakers never responded quickly enough when the demand for smaller, more fuel efficient cars arose.
And at the same time, the buying power of North Americans was extremely high, so they had the money to buy the imports that were small, were fuel efficient and were very well made, even though they were more expensive.
I think we are seeing a turning point of buying foreign products, imported products, just because they are cheap. The results of that in the toy industry are not pretty. There are scandals in all kinds of products now, milk, Oriental food products, toothpastes, paint products, .....
If you emphasize cheap at the expense of quality, the scenario is not pretty.