Loading ...I agree after 1970, American cars (and the whole damn country, went down hill. The illegal immigrant cars, were better and cheaper. (cheap labor and cheap prices not fair, drives out the good domestic jobs) I shouldn’t have to explain any of this. They Globalized us, and US failure starting in 1971 culminated in 2008 crash.
Domestic makers had to cut back on quality to compete. They SHOULD have just shut down totally in 1971 and say “We can’t compete, we give up”. I’m pretty sure the domestic/global car makers were quietly encouraged to give Americans CRAP to encourage Americans to buy foreign. Welfare for other countries.
The global influences thought the USA living standards were TOO high, and had to be scared with less fortunate countries. Satellite TV (and Archie Bunker) exposed our higher standards. Remember the cash for clunker scheme?? Numerous American cars worth $800 were turned in at $4000, and they all bought new imported cars.
I drove behind the local Toyota dealer, and saw all the used turned Explorers, Blazers etc. Welfare for Japan. I have an ’89 Chevy van with 208,000 miles, its fine. I have a ’98 GMC Jimmy with 165,000 miles. I’ve spoken to people with 300,000 miles on the 4.3 liter V6 and 5.7 liter V8.
If you bought the Cadillac, and or the Olds, pre owned, used, back then, odds are the clock was turned back, and your cars really had 250k each on them. And only God knows how they were treated.
I’ve seen many friends and relatives that ALWAYS bought used American cars, got fed up, switched and bought a NEW NEW foreign made car. They did EXACTLY what TPTB wanted. Give money to a socialist foreign nation.