--- 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 > > > > > >