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Old June 8th 07, 03:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Neil Gould
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Default American decline in tech was: ENvironmentally Friendly ...

Recently, Denny posted:

Then, they sold people on "SUVs" that may be the least practical
vehicles in urban environments. Today, they're left with an
inventory that they can't give away, and Toyota et al are eating
their lunch.


[...]
The american car companies do 'get it' for the most part... Their
curse is the legacy of having been big and the contracts they agreed
to in the past are now eating them... That is temporary and being
changed as fast as the laws will let them...

If the US car companies "got it", why are they perpetuating the production
of vehicles that people won't buy? The only thing that seems to have put a
crimp into that practice is that they don't have any more room to store
the inventory. What's stopping the US manufacturers from making the kind
of fuel-efficient, reliable autos that one can buy from any number of
off-shore manufacturers? As I see it, THAT is the major problem that the
US auto industry faces.

Neil