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Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death
boy you have bought the japanese thought hook line and sinker. GM, Ford and Chrylser make a lot of really great cars. The new cobalt is nice and gets like 35 mpg. I have a 3 year old Mercury Mariner that would go 200k miles if we werent going to trade in for a minivan. Not to mention my 02 saturn that has 100k miles on it and will have very little upkeep.
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Whenever I do business in the midwest, I am always impressed by the loyalty of the locals.....you see more American cars there than anywhere else. Everyone driving pontiacs and chevys and mercurys.
performance and reliability have definitely improved with American cars, but have they truly caught up with the Japanese? I know you can drive an Accord for 150K miles without batting an eyelash. Can you do the same with an American counterpart? I honestly don't know.
My beef with the American models is styling. The exteriors are usually very dull. And the interior panels always bug me....it looks like cheap plastic, there are about 3 large knobs to control everything, and the displays are usually unimpressive. The Japanese do a much better job with the paneling and instrumentation.....digital, lots of lights, lots of gadgets, looks like a cockpit. Bells and whistles matter.