Edsels were solid American cars.....it was their ugly as sin design that doomed it and Ford closed that franchise.
Airbus?
I make my living as an air safety investigator for a major US aerospace firm. I have been in aviation as a profession for over 30 years.
It always amuses me how many "experts" there are around here in the immediate aftermath of such a horrific mishap.
However, I will agree that there appears to be a troubling pattern emerging from these Airbus-aircraft-falling-from-altitude mishaps that seem to be occurring with some regularity. As such, I will currently only ride on those aircraft manufactured by my employer (which shall remain nameless). ;-)
Born and raised in Flint Mi. I know the history of the automobile. Probably not my best analogy.