26th Feb 2009, 20:01
"sane-thinking people wonder why they should spend fifteen-thousand more dollars for a Lincoln Navigator or Cadillac Escalade when they can buy practically the same vehicle in the form of a Ford Expedition/Chevy Tahoe."
I don't see how this is a criticism. They have figured out how to serve two different markets, the sane who buy the Expedition/Tahoe, and the insane who buy the Navigator/Escalade.
24th Feb 2009, 10:45
"I'm still tapping my foot, unconvinced of the reasons I should buy from a U.S.-based company. I will buy what seems to me to be the better car. The two Nissans I have owned have been far more reliable than my domestics have. I am going to list some reasons the American auto industry has failed itself."
You'll have plenty of foot-tapping time when the entire U.S. economy folds because of people who "see no reason to buy from a U.S. based company". With 85% of U.S. jobs (probably including YOURS) tied in some way to the U.S. auto industry the entire country will go bankrupt if even ONE of the "Big Three" fold. Maybe you can find a job in Japan.