Hey, New York, check out the exotic "imports" - from Detroit

http://www.autoextremist.com/ ^ | 4.12.06 | Peter M. DeLorenzo

[apackof2]

Especially for all you "conservatives" who seem to take a special glee in a hoped for demise of GM

But can you take the Truth?

[Puppage]

IB4TZ!!

[apackof2]

Zoom

[apackof2]

What are talking about?

Zot what?

[theDentist]

I see little there that interests me. Overall, the American Auto Industry is in a pit of it's own making. I knew a man who worked at FORD who told me: "At Ford Quality is just a 7 letter word." I've seen little to persuade me he was wrong.

[absolootezer0]

hemi jeep. 'nuff said :)

[Larry Lucido]

There were some nice models at the Detroit Auto Show (I mean cars), but nothing I could afford (I still mean cars).

[apackof2]

But when was the last time you really looked?

One man's quote does not an opinion make

[durasell]

One man's quote does not an opinion make


Actually, one man's quote really is an opinion.

[JeeperFreeper]

Eh? Not sure what you mean. I do agree, however, with the idea behind the article, that is, imports good, American bad. I remember reading a Consumers Report magazine a few years ago. The Mazda Navajo SUV was rated excellent and the Ford Explorer was rated as average. The trouble was that the two were utterly the same vehicle from the same plants. The only differences were literally and only the name plates of Mazda- Navajo versus Ford -Explorer.

[Pukin Dog]

Nobody instilled Detroit = Bad, Imports = Good other than Detroit. Whoever decided that the current Monte Carlo was a good looking car should be taken outside and beaten with a stick. Then go find the guy who said all those aluminum-block Chevys could take the transition from gas to diesel operation without blowing up. Then find the guy who first used the word K-Car and kick him in the stomach. Then lets talk about the catalytic converters installed in Camaros right in front of the passenger seat that were so hot you couldnt put your legs over them. Lets talk about all the GM cars with T-tops that couldn't keep you dry in a car wash. I'm just getting started.

[apackof2]

There were some nice models at the Detroit Auto Show...Well yes and we don't hear anything from the media about problems with foreign cars such as the sludge/loose piston ring problem with Toyota Corolla's now do we?

[apackof2]

For him but not nessarily for your own

Trust but verify

[durasell]

I remain a fan of American cars. And what many people don't realize -- in their blinding hatred of unions -- is that once the U.S. auto industry is gone, it ain't coming back. Ever. That's it. For good.

That said, I've driven many, many American cars that stack up just fine against imports.

[MeanWestTexan]

I don't put much stock in Consumer Reports ever since the Izuzu Trooper/Acura SLX fake rollover stuff.

Trooper were great trucks.

Basic and never, never, stop. Have one on the ranch with 300K miles.

Looks basically new, except where I clipped a deer.

[apackof2]

Oh that's right I forgot to some foreign cars are the "god" of the auto world

If you have a Corolla I suggest you check for sludge and tune your ear to pick up the sound of a loose piston ring

BTW, what do you drive?

[apackof2]

I don't put much stock in Consumer Reports

That makes two of us

[Alberta's Child]

Actually, the Mazda Navajo was somewhat superior to the Ford Explorer in one key respect -- it came with Mazda's standard 3-year/50,000-mile warranty instead of Ford's 3-year/36,000-mile warranty.

[brownsfan]

"But can you take the Truth?"

I'll grant you that American companies have corrected some of their problems with style, (or lack thereof).

Now, there are two other not so small issues... reliablity, and the fact that many Honda or Toyotas are more made in America than some of the American models.

[LZ_Bayonet]

When there was a guest host on Rush's show, he live interviewed the GM CEO and gave him a chance to say whatever he wanted to say to car buyers. He said something like, "I ask only that buyer's check out our products before making a purchase". This article seems to lend support to doing that.