Thanks for posting this. I have argued most of these points. I don’t understand how people remain so ignorant about this industry. You can google anytime and find the truth.
One good point this article misses is the millions-perhaps billions of dollars given to transplant auto makers by the south in order to have transplants in their states. They are using taxpayer money and some of it is federal. How is this free market? This is bailout essentially. They are helping foreign manufacturers to drive out American industry-disgusting.
One nice thing that I take advantage of is the poor resale value of Big 3 vehicles. Since I no longer buy new, I get used vehicles at a big discount by going domestic. There is no difference to speak of quality-wise (I am a quality engineer), so I save a boatload of money based via other people's prejudices and misconceptions.