Us VS. Them
After working on cars for years, in body shops and mechanical
shops, I have learned a few things, and no matter how I try I
can't seem to get a head on the American vs. import battle, so I
have to talk a little about that subject, both American and
import have their place in the scheme of things.
So with that in mind let's talk about this whole idea of them
vs. us, as you know I am a big supporter of the American car, be
it new or old, and nothing will change that, so let's get this
thing going, and we can have some fun here.
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It's just ridiculous to compare apples to oranges, but we all
seem to do it when it comes to cars, I've been in internet
battles about this subject many times, and I am not a trained
debate expert, I just speak on what I believe in about the
automotive industry.
With that in mind people still think that it's a must to battle
me and try to change my ways on this subject, so they respond to
my blog comments, with personal put downs, and I respond with
numbers and facts, I put up specs on the cars, and clips from
articles that I have read on the subject, I constantly study on
this subject.
Cars are my life, and my reason for living, I love them, I love
the old ones, and the new ones, I even like imports, but I do
not think that they have us out done in any way, the latest
battle that I have been in about this subject has shown me one
thing.
People need to study on a subject just a bit more before trying
to battle a person who has heard every argument in the book
about it, the import market as far as Germany is really
cosentrating on the upper end market in our country, and they do
a good job at reaching those people, they build a good product,
that has good last ability, and they even build a decent looking
car.
They certainly don't build a better car then we do, and they
aren't years a head of our car companies with automotive
technology, look at Chrysler, GM & Ford, they are constantly
coming up with new ideas to build a better car, that gets more
economy and still makes good power, and they do a very good job
of it.
Now the import companies that sell to our country are doing the
same things with their cars, but keep in mind, for a comparable
car from the import companies, you will spend more money for the
same car, and there's no doubt about that, but for the most part
the imports are trying to sell their product to the upper middle
class, and above, and they do a very good job of it, they build
a good car at a reasonable price for this class of people.
While most of the American manufactures are selling to the
middle class sector, and the upper middle class as well, with
the exception of Cadillac and Lincoln, who with out a doubt are
working the upper end of things, and they do a very good job of
reaching their market also, they build a quality product that
also looks good, and has class and style about it, but in
comparison, you'd spend a lot more money the same BMW or
Mercedes.
With that said it comes down to not who is better, but who sells
their cars in a better manor, the American companies have the
trust of our loyal American people, and the European companies
have the trust of the European American people, and there are a
lot of them here, but this whole battle of who does it better is
just getting redundant and really has no cause, other then to
raise a few eyebrows of the people who are really concerned
about these subjects.
While it does concern me that people in the USA are getting less
loyal to products built in our country, this has been coming for
a long time, and while people just like to argue these days,
with no real basis, and really have no idea about what they are
arguing on, it's no wonder that our country is in a recession,
if you want to help our country, then buy things that are built
here, and keep the cash flowing in our country, otherwise don't
whine about it.
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