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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“The last time”, in the 70’s, it was tough on the automobile population, but they all emerged better than when they went in. Then again in the 80s, the manufacturers got hit again but it was short (initial hit of computers in the vehicles). The auto industry lost a lot of technicians in the 80’s to the diesel and collision side, many left the industry all together. The 90s when the import cars came on hard the big three lived through it and put value back into the product. Today it is the new millennium and it is the same story as before, now it is time for the INDUSTRY to reinvest. Today I question the recovery time of the industry, their ability to “get ahead of the game” and the viability of the internal combustion engine as we know it.
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