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Seeing all those reminds me of why American Motors went under. They built crap.

Are you simply showing an uninformed bias, or do you actually have evidence to back up your claim?

dan

Right on, dan. The Guest has a right to his or her opinion, of course, but let's have an evidence-based debate. I'll try to get things started by posting an excerpt from the AMC page on Wikipedia.

"1985 was a turning point for the company as the market moved away from AMC's small models. With fuel relatively cheap again, buyers turned to larger more powerful automobiles and AMC was unprepared for this development."

There's more to the story, of course, but if the author's thesis is correct, then it's ironic that cheap gasoline sank an American automaker. Heck, the word from Detroit this morning is that GM is about to scuttle more its less fuel-efficient vehicles.

"Heck, the word from Detroit this morning is that GM is about to scuttle more its less fuel-efficient vehicles." Woohoo! About time they feel the pinch after doing things like scuttling the EV1...I hope they get nailed hard enough to make actually producing the Volt their only option for survival.

Ah, yes, catering to the whims of the American auto-buying public! Hasn't ever been easy, and sometimes it's downright impossible!