Patrick Gillam wrote:
> --- msilver wrote:
>
>> American cars are
>> coming back in quality
>>
>
> I wish I'd saved a chart I saw in, I believe, the
> New York Times, not long ago, which showed
> American brands surpassing everyone else for
> quality. They weren't consistent, though. Some
> brands were at the top of the list and others
> lagged. I believe Buick was way up there. I was
> surprised at how low Mercedes scored. Otherwise
> I'm sorry - I cannot recall any details regarding
> specific brands or the the testing sponsor.
> The point was not that American cars are
> coming back, but that they *are* back - which
> makes all the more painful our other
> competitive weaknesses.
>
>
>
It can be done. My Subaru was probably built in Tennessee. It's more
in the design than the workers. American car execs seem to feel it's
real shrewd to build in planned obsolescence even if they shoot
themselves in the foot. They should have learned by now.
