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Obama car industry task force drives foriegn cars. Good or bad?
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I know that growing up near the Firebird GM plant in Van Nuys it was apparent that many of the factory workers didn't buy their own brand. Even David Ogilvy of Ogilvy and Mather would buy the products he advertised. This lead him to be best dressed exective when he had Sears Roebuck as a client. Ultimately I think it is a good thing. I think the group didn't see that American cars fit their requirements and needs. |
That can be a goal. Make a car that they'd want to buy. When 2/3rds of the task force is sitting behind the wheel of a Detroit product because they want to and not because they had to, then they've done their job.
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I agree with Quasi. Also, it's not like they just went out and bought their imports yesterday. I would question one of the members if they bought an import today, but if they bought the car before they were on the task force, then there's no issue.
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I want people in positions in government who know about the thing they're supposed to be working with. People who know about cars know to avoid Detroit products these days, because they're almost universally crap. I'm not at all surprised that they're driving foreign cars.
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I feel like their ownership of foreign cars gives them intimate knowledge of the competition's product, and a good idea of what Detroit should be trying to produce in order to sell cars. |
Doesn't everybody know that the car's badge is just about the only thing that can be tied to domestic vs. foreign these days?
Thanks to global parts manufacturing, the domestic vs. foreign wedge issue doesn't deserve to get traction anymore. |
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