My experience with Amercian cars has been largely positive—but (oddly) many patriotic FReepers seem to hate American cars with a passion. Its really a sad state of affairs. I don’t think much of the country has a clear idea of how big a hole it will blow in the economy if the Big Three fade away.
Personally I think the Dems effort to save the auto industry is just them going through the motions. In the end, they will do nothing. The Greens (whose opinions really could with them) would luv to see those ugly auto plants go away. The Union leadership probably knows this and is in on the charade.
I detest the unions. I boycott union dominated companies when feasible. I also prefer Japanese cars disregarding the union issue. I have had great experience with Japanese cars over the last 20 years.