Comments on: Preventing Moral Hazard in the Auto Industry http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2008/11/12/preventing-moral-hazard-in-the-auto-industry/ Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The View from Main Street http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2008/11/12/preventing-moral-hazard-in-the-auto-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-781 The View from Main Street Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:02:22 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=134#comment-781 Why can't US Auto makers make any money... Well, how many U.S. made vehicles are in the top 10 in reliability? Let's see. None. That's right. ZERO. A BIG FAT GOOSE EGG in the number of cars that are in the top 10 most reliable cars made in 2008... and 7 of the top 10 WORST cars are American. No wonder they need $25 billion. http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/11/07/reliable-2008-cars-forbeslife-cx_jm_1107cars.html US auto makers not only need to make more fuel efficient cars, they need to make BETTER cars. If their cars didn't suck, people might actually buy them. But the crap that has been coming out of Detroit for the last 30 or so years is inexcusable. Instead of TALKING about quality they should actually BUILD quality... and this is not a slam on the worker. They just put 'em together. This is a slam on management and designers and engineers, who just don't get it. Why can’t US Auto makers make any money…

Well, how many U.S. made vehicles are in the top 10 in reliability?

Let’s see. None. That’s right. ZERO. A BIG FAT GOOSE EGG in the number of cars that are in the top 10 most reliable cars made in 2008… and 7 of the top 10 WORST cars are American.

No wonder they need $25 billion.

http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/11/07/reliable-2008-cars-forbeslife-cx_jm_1107cars.html

US auto makers not only need to make more fuel efficient cars, they need to make BETTER cars. If their cars didn’t suck, people might actually buy them. But the crap that has been coming out of Detroit for the last 30 or so years is inexcusable. Instead of TALKING about quality they should actually BUILD quality… and this is not a slam on the worker. They just put ‘em together. This is a slam on management and designers and engineers, who just don’t get it.

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