I am probably going to get flamed for this, but I really don't care. American car makers did it to themselves by selling $hitty cars. Now I am not calling all of the cars $hitty, but there are a good number of crappy vehicles produced by the Big Three. The thing that makes this even more sad is the fact that they have all been buying or purchasing controlling interest in a lot of different foreign car manufacturers that make superior products. Maybe GM should rebadge all Saabs as Saturns and vice-versa. Maybe Ford should ditch the Taurus for the Mondeo and give the Focus a Cosworth engine. Maybe Dodge should import the Lancer as a Colt again, but this time put the turbo 4wd car that the rest of the world got or at least give the public a turbo Neon based on the old Eclipse engine(rumor has it they might, but that was also said when the Neon first came out). I could go on and on with the comparisons with the domestic companies and the companies they acquired, but it really won't make a difference....we will still have the underpowered 2.4 liter 4 banger from GM in the Sunfire and Cavalier, the Focus will still have more power overseas, and the Neon will still be the same POS it is today.
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