The major reason is Americans do not want to BUY small and midget cars.
Even those that can make small and midget cars off shore, for far less, do
not sell many of them in the US. The best selling cars are mid-size cars
including the number one selling car the Camry and the best selling vehicles
are TRUCKS not cars.

The imports did exactly the same thing domestics were doing. They were
offering ever larger and more powerful cars and trucks during the same time
period. Their small cars today are bigger and more powerful than the 'big'
cars just ten years ago. If one doubts that, compare a sixties Toyota or
Honda to what the sell today.

The only time Americans bought small cars was when the were forced to by
them by the government when Carter cause the gas supply problems. Once
Reagan did the right thing and let the market decide, they return to buying
the larger saver cars they want to buy.

Where the hell does the government, in a free society, get the right to tell
manufactures what they must produce and to tell the buyer what they must
buy, in any event?


"Jeff" <jeff.utz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 10, 7:27 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
> Oscar Finkleheimer wrote:
> > In article <o3l0k4lh1qe5ucvnn4i1p1kp93tq5p9...@4ax.com>,

There is far more than GM should have done besides trying to make
electric cars practical. They should have figured out cost-efficient
ways to make small cars (instead of importing them from Korea),
implemented ways to make cars more efficient, make entry level cars
that consumers would want and that would last, and improved its
manufacturing capability to be more flexible.

Jeff
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