--- dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Much of the reason for that is that the average
> customer is not a car
> enthusiast, so they don't care for character or
> styling. Also, they don't plan
> to keep the new car for very long, so they don't
> care for quality of materials.
> The US industry in particular has sunk compared to
> the competition, primarily
> I believe because the comanies are not run by
> engineers as it used to be, but
> by bean counters and MBA's with little to no
> technical knowledge.
>
> D^2
>
> Quoting "Woolf,Richard"
> <richard.woolf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > The biggest problem with today's cars are the fact
> they have no character or
> > soul. Years ago you could tell what kind of car
> was coming at you on the
> > road. You would know the make/year/model. Look at
> the character of the
> > Imperials from the mid fifty's to until the early
> seventy's.
> >
> > When will Detroit wake up?
> >
> > Rich Woolf
> >
> >
>
>