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Originally Posted by powerclown
I can't believe there is something magical about building decent midrange cars, at the very least and for the sake of the survival of their companies why can't they copy the assembly and layout of other more successful cars like the Honda Accord or Toyota Camry. I know they know exactly what makes the import cars so successful on a mechanical level, they can't not know.
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Patents will prevent this. You can't just copy someone else's invention and make money off it (recent changes to patent law notwithstanding). However, GM should have been developing similar technology all these years so that they could efectively compete in the economy car market. Instead, they declined to diversify, and when the market changed they found themselves unable to survive. I hope that
if congress grants this loan eventually, they'll attach some strings so that the money isn't wasted on things like executive retreats or developing the biggest, newest SUV.