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To: You Dirty Rats

WHile GM/Ford had their share of truly hideous and embarassing designs, it really didn't matter. They could have been handed the Camry design and still bollixed it up.

Case in point: The Ford Contour. It was originally sold in Europe as the Ford Mondeo. It did very well there, was well regarded, and was a very reliable and well built car. Ford brought the design over to the US, and had UAW workers build it. It turned out to be a total disaster - one of the worst cars Ford has ever sold in the US because the QC and build quality was so bad.


155 posted on 10/19/2006 1:10:43 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

You're probably right that GM would have wrecked the Camry due to an atrocious workforce.

IMHO the Big Three got the unions they deserved.


170 posted on 10/19/2006 1:29:12 PM PDT by You Dirty Rats (I Love Free Republic!!!)
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