On Dec 21, 4:16*am, "rantonr...@mail.com" <rantonr...@mail.com> wrote:
> CharlesTheCurmudgeon wrote:
>
> >"Rock Hardson" <RH...@yahooo.com> wrote in message
> >news:494d1c7a$1$1548$822641b3@news.adtechcomputer s.com...
> >>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/12/19/AR200....
>
> >>I suspect once the US auto industry gets on a level field the foriegn
> >>companies may be in for an ass kicking.
>
> >Sorry, you are WRONG. *US auto makers do not encourage the culture of
> >quality that the Japanese auto makers embraced about 50 years ago. *Until
> >the American automakers demonstrate they are truly commited to quality and
> >not just dependent on whether the head of the company is commited to quality
> >or not, *there's not only going to not be a level playing field, there's not
> >gong to be any play.
>
> The Japanese may have embraced it 50 years ago, but they continued to
> have horrible quality
> (can you say 'Toyopet'?) for another 25 years. *It's also a myth that
> Japanese car makers universally have better quality because when
> Toyota, Honda, and Subaru are excluded, their quality falls to being
> only par with ours.
>
> What's been more important to Japanese success is the culture of
> engineers versus our culture of business majors. *This is especially
> true because development of new products never makes sense from a
> financial standpoint. *Business majors understand this, but engineers
> fortunately don't.


"...when Toyota, Honda, and Subaru are excluded, their quality falls
to being
only par with ours."

By your own admission Toyota and Honda's quality is superior to
Detroit's. Congratulations on finally coming around to that
conclusion, there is hope for you yet :-)