US carmakers are still suffering from the 80's hangover. They got cocky and greedy and dished out crap for ten years. They've learned their lessons and build better quality now than their Japanese and German counterparts but once an image is tarnished...
Toyota is going through that now, with all the recalls, people still think they're quality cars even though they're always bringing them to the shop. They probably thing GM owners go to the shop more often. Luckily they're fixing the problem before it affects their image by hiring thousands of engineers. Story here http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/04/business/recall.php. German quality is also falling Jaguar tops German quality survey http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/18/jaguar-tops-german-quality-survey/ Consumer report puts Mercedes, Audi and VW at the bottom of the heap the last several years. Not that I trust them for a minute. As for socializing medicine, there's no way the union would settle for a common mans health plan. They deserve only the best. On 9/26/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Two words: quality control. German and Japanese car companies wiped the > floor with American car companies because they learned how to make higher > quality cars with lower defect rates. Sure, design plays a factor, but > quality on the plant floor is the key. People don't want to buy GM cars > because they have a well-deserved reputation for being poorly assembled. > > On the health care and pension problems, Toyota makes more cars in the U.S. > than anywhere in the world and they don't have a problem with health care > costs. The pension mess is the direct result of deals that the UAW struck > years ago, so they have no one to blame but themselves for that problem. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243243 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
