[C19fan]

Now, stop and think about this. What has Toyota done for you lately? Is there one single passenger car from Toyota that excites you?

I understand a lot of car enthusiasts get excited about styling, horse power, etc. Perhaps Toyota has boring designs but in my opinion most Americans, especially families, want a reliable car to get from point A to point B with reasonable comfort. The styling and other superficial traits is icing on the cake. Toyota and Honda deliver that type of car while GM and Chrysler cannot even get that first step right and never will now they are part of Obama-UAW Inc.

[CaptainAmiigaf]

Congratulations. Your post is the ONLY one to hit the nail on the right end. A car of any kind and size is for the purpose of going from Point A to point B and back again is safety, comfort and ease.
When I need to get “excited” I can look at a Victoria Secret catalog, when I want transport, I buy the car that meets my 6’5” height, my (lessening) overweight and hold all the junk I carry for my boat, and in SAFETY.
My father gave me a good piece of wisdom regarding a new car. “A new car is similar to a fine steak. And look how a steak ends up..in the toilet.”
The “NEW” American cars will be designed by lawyers, environmentalists, bureaucrats, Union heads, politicians and every now and then an AUTO engineer will be permitted a small input.

[tioga]

the Obama-UAW Inc. is the final stake through the heart of the american made automobile......what the unions and regulations alone could not do, the government is here to assist with. death to the US made vehicle industry....

[DemonDeac]

“I understand a lot of car enthusiasts get excited about styling, horse power, etc. Perhaps Toyota has boring designs but in my opinion most Americans, especially families, want a reliable car to get from point A to point B with reasonable comfort. The styling and other superficial traits is icing on the cake. Toyota and Honda deliver that type of car while GM and Chrysler cannot even get that first step right and never will now they are part of Obama-UAW Inc. “

Exactly and therein lies part of the problem. Some of GMs best cars have been niche vehicles like the Corvette and the GTO. Awesome cars that are as good as anything in the world in their class but they compete in tiny segments. Where GM really has needed world beating quality and value is in the more mainstream classes. It won’t do for them to be close to as good as a Honda or even just as good. They have to be clearly better to start winning lots of people back and they just aren’t yet.