On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Dave Lister wrote:

> > The 1970's, when all US automakers lost their touch. When the
> > government basically crippled the cars by adopting safety and emission
> > standards that were beyond the technology available at a reasonable
> > price at the time. Thus you had heavy cars with anemic 400+ cubic inch
> > engines that put out <200 horsepower, and got 10 MPG if you were
> > lucky.
>
> The technology was there, others were doing it. The VW rabbit, the
> Nissan Z cars, and others were quite good for the day.

....everything Volvo sold in North America...