Ford buyouts speed up

What have you been smoking; I guess you don't get Consumer Reports or have JD Powers Quality Survey bookmarked either

HEMI: American cars have made great strides as of late, but they have earned a bad rap for reliability. Japanese had the same issues in the 70's to overcome. The American need to do the same. The big problem is they have trained an entire generation to buy Japanese while they made record profits, raped their own future by lack of investment, and made a few very rich.

I understand that, but to the "typical" buyer that is not relevant. They want a car that will hold it's value and be reliable. Until now American cars (except a small feww) would do that. Now that reliability for the most part has been adressed, but the styling is horrendous, and the resale is horrible. Basically GM and Ford are building cars no one wants.

Here's the problem in a nutshell: While my Honda was in for body work I rented a Chevy. This 2000 mile example was a total piece of crap. There were huge, uneven gaps in all dash panels. It's like the pieces were all made by companies that never tried to connect them together. Many rattles, sloppy handling, poor fuel economy, etc. This is what is wrong with domestic autos. I can buy a Honda for under 20 grand that will be more reliable, more enjoyable, more fuel efficient, and when I am done with it, will have a MUCH higher residual value than anything the big three sell currently. A typical American car you buy will be worth half of MSRP after two years. That being said, I am going to buy a Challenger, a totally emotional purchase with no basis in logic.

somebody's too proud of America... ha ha... what american car can u get for over 600K? thats the question u should be asking... Come on, Bang for the buck, thats so dumb...

btw, tell your boss he's a dick for shelling $1800. It should be covered under warranty...

Jovi, you can never be too proud of America. And if you're prouder of a country that isn't America, then you aren't proud of the best. One of the reason's America is so great and rich is that not everyone wants to blow money on a 600k car when a 60k car can do the exact same thing. It's just simple economics. Notice how our economy grows and socialist European Union isn't.

Since GM is being taken cared of...Ford needs to rebuilt, I still don't get why Ford marketed two different companies (European Ford and American Ford). They should work globally as ONE COmpany by providing European Fords in America, at least the design, engineering etc. Keep the American plants and workers, just built the nicer looking euro fords in America and notch up their reliability and it will be a seller. Also integrate the model lineups and reduce double naming like the Mondeo/Contour/Mystique of the 1990s Just make it Mondeo and use that car here. Also I still don't get why the European Focus looks better and newer than the American version...weird.