Car companies have been pumpin' out crap for too long.
It's called innovation and real improvement of quality, GM, Ford, et.al..
My thoughts go to the id 19 Citroen produced on a dirt floor factory in 1955, over half a century ago.
I know some will laugh and scorn, but it had gobs of quality cool features (massive inboard disc brakes with pads you could change yourself with no tools just by lifting the hood, etc. and on and on, I won't bore those who aren't interested, it's the point I making that matters).
It’s not that U.S. auto makers are turning out crap....the government is tying the hands of the U.S. car companies with those stupid CAFE standards that are harder and harder for the automakers to meet. These same CAFE standards interfere with consumer choice.
The American automakers are enjoying booming sales in South America and China.....no CAFE standards there!
One of the automakers would like to manufacture a car here in the U.S. that gets 65 miles per gallon. They can’t build the vehicle here....it runs on diesel.
Another automaker had a car with lots of grill work; they were convinced the vehicle would be a real moneymaker for them, but the car didn’t meet the CAFE standards, so it never entered production.
Back in 1955, there were no CAFE standards. Detroit was king. The government should back off and let the consumers decide what kind of vehicles they want to buy, and then let the automakers satisfy the demand.