That was also true 30-40 years ago.
>--- 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
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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