[newgeezer]

The perceived quality difference between Asian and "Big Three" models today is much greater than the actual difference.

Perhaps that's the price of too many decades spent resting on their laurels.

[BW2221]

The U.S. manufacturers made a number of mistakes.

One was not improving quality sooner.

A second was building cars that all looked alike with minor cosmetic changes.
- A Ford looked exactly like a Mercury
- A Dodge looked like a Plymouth
- During the 1980s GM had the same car for all it's lines (Chevrolet through Cadillac) - Cavalier, Sunbird, Shyhawk, (I forgot the Olds name) and Cimarron