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Automotive News & Views Does America Even Need Its Own Automakers?
1007 messages, Last post on May 27, 2008 at 6:51 PM
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Replying to: no_one (May 26, 2008 6:27 am) That might not be an automatic death sentence, though. The Fusion is built in Mexico, and so is the PT Cruiser. Neither of those are bad cars. Not exactly class-leading technological tour-de-fources, but they're not 1976 Volares or 1980 Citations, either. 
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 26, 2008 6:38 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (May 26, 2008 6:47 am) Yeah, that's something for the "they don't build 'em like they used to" files. I remember a few years ago, my cousin got her 2002 or so Durango stuck in the mud. She had parked on the soft shoulder in front of my mother's house, instead of in the driveway for whatever reason. Ended up getting stuck. When we tried to push her out, I remember trying to shove against the rear liftgate, and the whole thing started to buckle in. Luckily I let off before leaving an imprint.  And to think that with my old '85 Silverado, sometimes if the tailgate didn't close right, I'd just kick it closed! Guess you can't do that with a new truck! Sometimes if the door didn't close right (you have to really slam it, which I'm sure really helped contribute to the squeaks and rattles those 70's/80's vehicles would often develop), I'd just shove against it and it would close. That would probably muff up a newer truck, too. 
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Replying to: andre1969 (May 26, 2008 6:58 am) I am looking for a very clean pre 1995 Ford F250 Powerstroke. I want to get rid of my 1999 V6 Ranger that is underpowered. |
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Replying to: no_one (May 26, 2008 6:27 am) The similar, built only in Mexico, Jetta achieved an average reliability ranking in last year's auto issue...have not seen this year's issue. I really don't think the parts care too much about where they are put together. I think the whole "cars built in location X are bad, cars built in location Y are good" thing is mostly mythology.
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Replying to: jeffyscott (May 27, 2008 8:26 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (May 27, 2008 11:14 am) All the luxury brands should get out of the entry-level game unless they can build in the same quality in the low-priced models that gave them their cachet in the first place.
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Replying to: nippononly (May 27, 2008 2:59 pm)
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Replying to: british_rover (May 27, 2008 3:06 pm) I see new C-class all the time now, they must be selling decently. I haven't read anything bad about them or the new S, either,
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Replying to: fintail (May 27, 2008 4:19 pm) |
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