Let's look at the market through one American family, the one I know best. My own. We are not hard-core, buy-American consumers; we don't inspect country-of-origin labels on every purchase.
That said, I do believe it's important -- for the Michigan economy overall, for my own employer and lots of my friends and neighbors and their employers -- that GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group survive and prosper.
All four of the vehicles in use by my immediate family are brands from those companies: a 2006 sedan for me, a 2003 SUV for my wife, a 1996 sedan with 178,000 miles on the odometer and a chunk of wood wedging the left headlamp in place for my 22-year-old son and a 2000 sedan with 140,000 miles for my 20-year-old daughter.
Most, though not all, of our vehicles over the years have been Detroit brands: Chevrolet, Plymouth, Dodge, Pontiac, Ford, Jeep and Eagle.
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