Loading ...In my decades of observations, the American cars made up thru 1950s and early sixties were the best on the planet. You got a reliable, durable, simple, user friendly car that lasted forever. Many are still in use in Cuba.
We had high quality thicker steel that did not rust out in a few years. We had chrome plated BUMPERS made of 1/8 inch thick steel. They were even good on gas, and real cheap and easy to maintain and repair YOURSELF!!!
Our cars were the BEST available until, the high quality but cheaper imports flowed in after 1960? Higher quality is SUPPOSED to be more expensive, not cheaper. So the subsidized cars being dumped on our shores, FORCED domestic producers to “cut corners” using recycled cheaper thinner steel so they rust out, piss you off, and you do exactly what the welfare PTB world wants YOU to do. Buy an import and contribute welfare money to nations we had to fight against, in wars, and then rebuild their countries at our expense.
Just like real money versus fiat money, the “bad” foreign cars drove out the “good” for the USA cars.
Re the alleged “domestic made” foreign cars?? Still adds to the trade and US consumer dollar deficit. They are assembly plants made from imported parts. (probably China for Jap cars) It’s a good symbolic public relations ploy, (throwing us a bone) and they can cram more cars on a ship when dissembled, so they save money besides. It’s the minority.
The majority of foreign made cars come off ships in ports. I’ve seen aerial views of acres and acres and thousands of imported cars right near the ships that brought them here.