Thursday, January 8, 2009

Why Don't They Make Cars People Will Buy?

One of the most grating things about the public debate over the auto industry loan has been the frequent repetition of the notion that Michigan-based automakers don't make cars that people want to buy.

Even Phil Power, who usually is quite well-informed, resorted to the notion in a column in the Livingston Press and Argus for Thursday (January 8, 2009).

So it did my heart good to see the sales figures recently released by all the automakers. Toyota and Honda had bigger monthly sales declines than did Ford and GM.

So why don't they make cars that people want to buy?

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