"walt peifer" > wrote in message
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> All US atuomakers are declining in market share, however honda's 29.4%
> sales increase came at the cost of 1.4% for gm and less than that from
> Ford. Simple math means that mopre cars on the road means more oppritunity
> for complaints.

This does not make any sense at all. Quality ratings are demonstrated by a
ratio; X problems per 1,000 cars. NOT, X problems for entire fleet.
According to your, "simple math," the best thing a manufacturer could do to
improve quality would be to build fewer products. Toyota and Honda have
been improving their quality while building more cars than ever before.

>
> However, if the average buyer/driver of an American car lavished the
> attention and money on the vehicle as most foreign car owners do. American
> cars would last for 40years and run millions of miles. The mindset of
> folks who buy/drive american is much different than those who buy foreign.

Yeah right.

>
> As to bad news from FORD.Lincoln./Mercury vs say GM with
> Chev/buick/pontiac/olds/ geo/saturn/Caddy/GMC truck ect...add up all the
> bad post from the various divisions and you'll find that the big three are
> about even....

Actually, quality numbers at GM, in particular at Cadillac, have been
improving quite handily.

>
> Go to an indpendent(not dealer) service center and check the service
> records with foreign cars accounting for 1/3 the us market then about one
> third of the non-dealer or off warranty repairs should be around one third
> not the one half or more at many indy shops. Also check the parts leaving
> non-dealer shops Discount/Biga Pep boys ect. over 47% sales are acounted
> for by non-us makes less than 10 years old.

Foreign makes control about 50% of the U.S. retail market. Try to find
yourself some real numbers.

Jim S.
'92 LX coupe
'82 Capri (R.I.P.)