Yes, there is a vast difference in quality. Especially in those Japanese and American cars that are assembled on the same factory in California such as the Chevrolet Malibu and the Toyota Avalon. Also everybody knows the Nissan SUV is better than the Ford SUV that is built in the same plant in Michigan. Then the S-10 pickup is clearly inferior to the Isuzu PUP that is assembled by the same people on the same assembly line. Yes indeed those Japanse automobiles are much better than that American junk.
The real fact is the successful Japanese sent their kids to American Universities to get their MBAs. There they learned about bottom line management where employees are just another component to keep a just in time stock of. I am glad to say that that worked very well. Those kids are now running the Japaneseas companies, and the Japanese economy is in worse shape than ours. I understand they are about to adopt tickle down economics, and will soon have a very large welfare population. This economic theory has worked well for us. There are more people making over $100,000/year than ever before. There are more people making less than $10,000 than ever before. And there are less people inbetween to pay the taxes than ever before. GWB's speach seems to have achived its intended purpose as gasoline prices around here jumped 10 cents a gallon yesterday. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 8:15 PM Subject: OT: car shit, not politics, not Pentax, but about as valid as any of the crap that is allowed without rancor. WAS: bRe: PMA and Pentax DSLR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P�l Jensen" > Subject: Re: PMA and Pentax DSLR > > > > > Actually, most japanese manufacturers have tried to taylor exclusive cars > for Europe but all have failed. Examples includes the Honda Accord that was > designed and manufactured in Europe (but not anymore), and different from > the japanese and american counterparts. It failed miserably and the Accord > and the Camry are the least sold cars in their class in Europe. The reasons > are simple; they look like shit inside and out and the japanese suffers in > the image department. The renowned british Car magazine says the following > of the Camry: "Big, ugly and cheaply constructed". About the Nissan Maxima > (probably some Infinity overe there): "every bit as pointless as the Camry. > Absolutely bland styling, zero image, and depreciation to rival Enron > shares. Consider new purchase only if you have a prononced aversion to > money". Not even Pentax is that lowly regarded anywhere. I have no doubt > that the Japanese car industry should be taken seriously for providing more > than reliable boring ca! > > rs. And if they can do it, major camera manufacturers can too. > > The japanese have more and more letting the japanese and and european > models be identical as they have figured out that cars popular in Europe is > basically popular in Japan too. > > Consider that the Japanese auto industry would not exist at all were it not > for the North American car market. It doesn't surprise me at all that > American and European automotive tastes are different, culturally, we are as > different from Europeans as a Vulcan is from a Ferengi. Automotive needs are > vastly different in North America also. The distances between here and there > in North America are a lot greater. That cute little Smart car runabout is > probably nice, but I wouldn't want to drive from Regina to Santa Fe in one. > One thing the Japanese do is build a very high quality car, which is > important when compared to the domestic production, which for the most part > is the automotive equivalent of a cheap point and shoot. > > William Robb > >
