The Stae of Our Automotive Manufactures

Hello Team Stech,

Looks like our big three are in a bad place once again! It is mind boggling that we have arrived in the same place as usual for our big three. In the ’70 the “First Gas Embargo” caught all the big three with the wrong mix of vehicles. This opens the door for cheap, fuel economy vehicles to be sampled by Americans. The E.P.A. was ramping up and designing the Clean Air Act that would eventually drive the mix of vehicles to be developed and offered for sale in the U.S. This E.P.A. Strategy was completely ignored by the big three and embraced by our Asian and European car manufactures. The big three built gas-guzzling vehicles, the Asian and European car manufactures build reliable, economical vehicles. The 2008 product lines need to fall in the TEIR II BIN 5 range, basically 25 MPG or better. The E.P.A. also wanted a ZEV (Zero Emissions Vehicle) roll out to take place by all manufactures (starting in 2006). Well, just look at the headlines! The Imports answered and are ready to deliver! Big Three, Maybe! Not sure! Ford is the closes to be ready! I believe with a little bit of adjustments our Big Three automotive manufactures can emerge once again the biggest producers of the vehicles we all love and enjoy owning and operating! Lets support our heritage! Before all others there was Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Chevy, Ford, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Cadillac, GMC, and countless others. Please share your comments!

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