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Automotive News & Views Does America Even Need Its Own Automakers?
1788 messages, Last post on Mar 03, 2009 at 2:18 PM
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Replying to: gagrice (Feb 28, 2009 8:08 pm) |
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 01, 2009 12:50 pm) |
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Replying to: fezo (Mar 01, 2009 6:56 pm)
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 02, 2009 7:53 am) I grew up in the hills in NW Jersey and learned to drive on old, traditional RWD American cars - like a 67 Pontiac Tempest and 66 Biscayne (both nice looking cars BTW). We lived on the middle part of an s curve heading downhill and I was fine. Never had a mishap. The only people who ever did have a problem on that hill were cases of opps rather than weather - like the mailman who forgot to set his brake and ended up with a Jeep in the woods. I liked both the new and old Oldsmobiles as well. I still think if they'd given them a bit more time and kept at the concept they were developing teh new ones would have worked. Yes, GM has too many brands but sometimes I think they cut the wrong one there and aren't sure now which is why they are hedging their bets - on our nickle of course...
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Replying to: fezo (Mar 02, 2009 8:09 am)
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 02, 2009 8:51 am) Heck, I would have thought that Buick had more staying power ti it than has actually been the case. |
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Replying to: fezo (Mar 02, 2009 8:09 am) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Mar 02, 2009 8:51 am) Buick is somewhat beter in not sounding old fashioned, but still sounds strange when uttered, kind of like a burp. |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Mar 02, 2009 9:08 am) Buick and Olds were created in a different world. It's amazing they lasted as long as they did. Some say "Benz" is the oldest survivor, but actually Mercedes-Benz only dates from 1927. Contrary to Mr. Obama, America did not "invent" the car, but we certainly invented how to make a lot of them efficiently. An art we have apparently lost 
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Mar 02, 2009 9:13 am) An art we have apparently lost Oh, we can still make them more efficiently than anyone else. We just can't sell them at a profit. 
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