Its just the American standard of "Quality" is much different than the rest of the world. Here bigger and heavier is better. (1 BIG bolt should do the trick instead of 4 engineered specific bolts) Buying American is still buying you a headache no matter how many made up JD Power and Associates awards Ford and Chevy get. I'll stick with honda :)
I agree with Abu, in part, on the unions... But not on the latter comment.
If you knew me ten years ago, NO ONE was a bigger proponent for the American Auto industry as me. Ive got a 20 year old Pontiac in my garage, and every car i had owned (until my last few) were american Cars.
Then perchance- my american car had an engine blow, and i long-term-borrowed two vehicles. A ten year old Subaru, and a ten year old Toyota. I was FLOORED. They were nicer than my 4 year old American by, by far, in very many measurable ways. Fit and finish was unparalleled. Critical thinking in design was evident. (If you dont believe this, try removing an in-tank fule pump from a foreign car versus an american one).
After those two cars i actually bought a relatively new Subaru, and it just blows away the Big Three in every way imaginable. I just had to borrow my parents domestic for a few weeks, and i couldnt believe the lousy quality of the vehicle. Seats have lous support, ergonomics are entirely un-thought out. Then there is the fact that its also just built like junk.
Many of us HAVE testified to wanting to always drive american cars... But jesus, you can only lick the lollipop of mediocrity so much...
So what has cause US Auto's to produce a bad product that less and less people want?
Unions? I don't think so.
Management complacency - almost certainly the root cause of the grief.
When any organisation believes that it simply has to put out a product (no matter how bad), and think that people will buy it because they always have in the past, rather than focussing all of their efforts and ingenuity on finding out what the customer wants and then delivering on that, is bound for the rocks sooner or latter. It is indeed, that complacency which allows the unions to press for benefits which are unsustainable in the longer term. (I don't want to hijack this discussion, but there is a lesson here which AutoDesk would be well advised to learn - serve up a product which people don't want & watch your competitors flourish).
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It's not American designers either as they work all over the world.
I think it's American Accountants...
Its just the American standard of "Quality" is much different than the rest of the world. Here bigger and heavier is better. (1 BIG bolt should do the trick instead of 4 engineered specific bolts) Buying American is still buying you a headache no matter how many made up JD Power and Associates awards Ford and Chevy get. I'll stick with honda :)
No Phil it is the unions. Also, most people who refuse to drive American cars have never actually owned or driven one.
I agree with Abu, in part, on the unions... But not on the latter comment.
If you knew me ten years ago, NO ONE was a bigger proponent for the American Auto industry as me. Ive got a 20 year old Pontiac in my garage, and every car i had owned (until my last few) were american Cars.
Then perchance- my american car had an engine blow, and i long-term-borrowed two vehicles. A ten year old Subaru, and a ten year old Toyota. I was FLOORED. They were nicer than my 4 year old American by, by far, in very many measurable ways. Fit and finish was unparalleled. Critical thinking in design was evident. (If you dont believe this, try removing an in-tank fule pump from a foreign car versus an american one).
After those two cars i actually bought a relatively new Subaru, and it just blows away the Big Three in every way imaginable. I just had to borrow my parents domestic for a few weeks, and i couldnt believe the lousy quality of the vehicle. Seats have lous support, ergonomics are entirely un-thought out. Then there is the fact that its also just built like junk.
Many of us HAVE testified to wanting to always drive american cars... But jesus, you can only lick the lollipop of mediocrity so much...
So what has cause US Auto's to produce a bad product that less and less people want?
Unions? I don't think so.
Management complacency - almost certainly the root cause of the grief.
When any organisation believes that it simply has to put out a product (no matter how bad), and think that people will buy it because they always have in the past, rather than focussing all of their efforts and ingenuity on finding out what the customer wants and then delivering on that, is bound for the rocks sooner or latter. It is indeed, that complacency which allows the unions to press for benefits which are unsustainable in the longer term. (I don't want to hijack this discussion, but there is a lesson here which AutoDesk would be well advised to learn - serve up a product which people don't want & watch your competitors flourish).
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