Posted on 04/26/2018 2:35:14 PM PDT by Red Badger
It's so sad. We Americans more or less invented the modern car. Now Henry Ford is long gone and the foundation bearing his name might as well be called the Joseph Stalin Foundation.
YES, I see this every day !
Sadly, we’ve succumbed to the gay, Prius-driving environmentalists.
One of the things me and my passengers do, is to count the number of American cars we see in traffic. Practically every car is of foreign origin, Japanese, Korean or European. Rarely do we see an American car company brand that isn't a truck or SUV. The foreigners can make sedans, it's stupid that the big three cannot. Now China wants to sell sedans (like the Chery model) in the USA, that's crazy. Chery makes the Jaguar Land Rover in China. American car companies are led by very stupid short-sighted people.
If they can niche market it at a price where they can make money ok. Even stealing from the parts bin, how many sales / yr do they need to break even or make money, that is the big enchilada. Then it has to compete against MB, Lexus, BMW, Cadillac etc. Will this Hemi-Rod-Luxo really make it? Or would it handle like a Viper and be such a hog the whole care wouldn't last long and they'd loose their shirt on the whole deal....
“evidenced by the growth of its Jeep brand.”
I own 2 Jeeps. Any Jeep past the 2012 model the blackbox tracks your every movement.
NASCAR shoulda switched over to Full Size SUVs long ago...
The Fusion ( I have driven them ) are freaking amazing, and when intro'd even the likes of the "Autoextremist" website ( the place for the cutting edge of the Biz ) said this is a game changer.
It sold good for a bit now ho-hum. Is is that they truly suck vs a Camry or bias again against American Manufacturers as some still haven't forgiven them for the junk of the 70's/80's etc?
Again the trend is room and room for my stuff, the sedan maybe isn't cutting it anymore...
GMC for those who don’t want a Chebby.
Especially when someone with a BIG FAT TRUCK or a BIG FAT SUV FULL OF KIDS parks next to you and SMASHES THEIR DOORS RIGHT INTO YOUR CAR for a few select permanent DENTS that YOU will have to live with unless you spend a few hundred $$$ getting them repaired and the doors repainted.
Love the Lincoln Town Car.
My 1996 Suburban runs real good too.
Elio is trying, but it's not looking good.
“OVERSIZED SUV’S”
Try comparing one of todays large SUV to a Cadillac or Lincoln from the late 60’s or early 70’s. Those cars were huge. The size of parking spots have changed. The current SUV’s are easier to drive because you sit higher up. (The drivers have gotten worse, not the cars). If you compare the current larger SUV to four door sedans from the late 30’s they are rather similar in size and height.
There is really nothing new under the sun.
My Ford dealer says they have a waiting list of people who want a clean used Town Car. Sure, gas mileage sucks but, it’s still a beautiful car.
The new Continental doesn’t seem to have sold well. I hear they are not going to keep making them.
We only got up to Olds, then Jeep, VW beetle and finally any old cheap thing that would run at least 6 months or more.
You are right about "the driver has changed". More females driving, AND more third worlder immigrants who immediately get into cars and reap havoc upon us all on the roads. ADD to this the 'texting' madness and it's a miracle any of us survive driving. I can't tell you how many times I've glanced in my rear view mirror and the person behind me is checking their phones or TEXTING, ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!
I loved Cannon’s Lincoln.
I drive a TRUCK because if you’re tailgating me and I have to stop suddenly, you’ll be wearing your engine in your lap and my bumper will have just a bit of paint I’ll scrape off with a green weenie.
Did I tell you I HATE SUVs?
My 65 and 82 will never have that problem built in.
Electronic ignition on both. That’s all. I converted the 65. World of difference.
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