I used to buy American, but got sick and tired of cars that could not outlast their financing. In fact, the financing is the hook that American manufacturers use to grab you by the short hairs. As long as the car is worth less than what you owe on it (and that's going to happen all the way until sometime in the last year of payments), you're stuck with the thing, and have no choice other than to have it repaired with expensive parts, often by their dealer network of service centers. They maybe break even on the car at the sale, but will make it up like crazy over the next six years.
I got tired of being treated like a sheep, and went Asian. They still take a bit of pride in what they make. American auto manufacturers stopped doing that a long time ago, if they ever did.
w edwards deming was condemned and ignored by american auto manufacturers for his ideas about quality in manufacturing.
the japanese invited him to show them how to manufacture quality cars.
here’s a link to the ceo of toyota thanking deming:
Great post, Hunter112! I couldn’t agree more!