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Originally posted by Mill
Any North American assembly plant is capable of building a better cars. The car makers choose to save money with cheaper parts and getting the cars out the door and letting the dealers fix the problems.
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Man, you hit the nail right on the head.
GM does nothing but look for ways of getting cheaper and cheaper parts. They like to add / push high dollar (useless) gizmos such as on star, DVD players, power points and coffee cup holders, but cut quality in engines, suspensions, transmissions, and all things mechanical or material which the unsuspecting public thinks are all more or less the same.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Case in point, my 97 buick with a cheap plastic intake manifold (rather than an aluminum one) that cracked and destroyed the entire engine. Your average smuck on the street doesn't even know what an intake manifold is let alone that there can be variations in quality just by material selection.
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And this is coming from a guy who used to be so pro-North American that it hurt. I WAS Mr. GM. But GM is the worst of the worst now in my eyes. They are totally run by accountants who spend more on marketing a car than engineering a car. The old GMs are still a thing of beauty in my eyes, but the new ones all look the same more or less and on top of that, their styling sucks. (Other than the corvette, i still have a soft spot for that car, though still prefer the 67 and back vettes.)
Harley Earl must be spinning in his grave.