Good article.
The outsourcing mentality has hurt the US auto companies as well.
In their case it is just unreliable crap that coasts to the side of the road.
Not crash and die.
The absolutely disgraceful low point of the U.S. auto industry was the period of time between the end of the post-WW2 recovery and the rise of Asian auto manufacturers.
Go back and read about what was happening at "Big Three" plants in the U.S. from the late 1960s through the mid-1980s. The only thing that saved these companies was a swift kick in the ass from Japanese competitors like Toyota and Honda.