[IliketoPuck]

The American car manufacturers are a joke, and have been since they lost their innovative ways and became followers of European and Japanese car makers. The automotive industry used to look to the American manufacturers for ideas and new products, until they realized they could make smarter, better looking, more reliable cars with higher margins than the American manufacturers.

I give some kudos to Ford for not taking bailout money, but make no mistake, just because they didn't take bailout money, doesn't mean that they weren't extremely close to being in the same situation as Chrysler or GM.

All the commercials showing how innovative the American automakers have become are all well and good, but they are 5-10 years behind Japanese automakers. Not to mention that the smear campaign on Toyota for their recall got a NASA investigation....I don't recall Ford being investigated by NASA or any other government agency for that matter when the Bridgestone tires on the Explorer were causing some traffic fatalities.