[maui_hawaii]

Ross Perot said it best when he got his seat on the board of one of these big automakers..

He said,"Lets make these cars better before its obvious to the brain dead that we have a problem."

I think its definately an engineering issue.

[GrandEagle]

Saving a buck at the expense of good design. It seems like the design criteria is "will they still buy it if we XXXXX", not "Is it a good design?".
Dasaji has a good point in that with all the imported raw goods now, you really don't know how much supports our economy. Maybe looking at where it is assembled would be a better factor.

Cordially,
GE