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American Car Makes
American auto makers can take apart and study in detail the competitions' cars. They know exactly how the top sellers and reliable cars are built, right down to the screws. They know how they perform on their test tracks. They know what look is selling. So why do they keep screwing up? GM makes nice trucks but except for Cadillac and the Corvette, piece of **** cars. The Cadillacs are in may ways better than their Japanese competitors. I know my STS is a far better car than a pal's top end Infiniti. American auto makers are notorious in my opinion for substituting plastic exteriors to make the cars look "cool" for a decent powerplant, witness Pontiac. Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles but never consistently put a good engine in. Even when they get the engine and look right, they will throw in a crappy interior. The Corvette falls into this category. Chevy makes all these cheap **** sedans that nobody in their right mind would ever buy. Ford is in my opinion mostly a lost cause. When I am car shopping I hardly ever go to a Ford dealer. The last Ford I owned leaked oil all the time no matter what I had done to it. Did the American car makers really think people would be buying assault vehicles to drive around forever? I just don't get what they think they have been doing. -- Republican Health Plan: Don't Get Sick Guantanamo: The Gulag of Our Time |
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Dave Lister > wrote: > American auto makers can take apart and study in detail the > competitions' cars. They know exactly how the top sellers and reliable > cars are built, right down to the screws. They know how they perform on > their test tracks. They know what look is selling. That is what you get when you buy a foriegn car. The American auto makes are names like Subaru, Hyundi, Mazda, Toyota, Honda, etc. The cars that are associated with the Detroit names are largely foreign made or of mostly foreign content. Buy American by skipping Detroit. -john- -- ================================================== ==================== John A. Weeks III 952-432-2708 Newave Communications http://www.johnweeks.com ================================================== ==================== |
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Dave Lister wrote:
Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles > but never consistently put a good engine in. HUH? Chrysler engines have traditionally been far superior to Ford and GM's offerings (well, at least the lower priced lines, the old Caddy and Olds motors were pretty decent.) It's only in recent years that they've had issues. The old V-8s were all built like a brick ****house and the slant six was even more reliable. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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"Nate Nagel" > wrote in message news:1118613850.20d62b3932c1985fb12d10cda8db708c@t eranews... > Dave Lister wrote: > Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles >> but never consistently put a good engine in. > > HUH? > > Chrysler engines have traditionally been far superior to Ford and GM's > offerings (well, at least the lower priced lines, the old Caddy and Olds > motors were pretty decent.) It's only in recent years that they've had > issues. The old V-8s were all built like a brick ****house and the slant > six was even more reliable. > > nate > > > -- > replace "fly" with "com" to reply. > http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel I've seen a few slant six engines last 300,000-400,000 miles with few problems in a 1970's fleet of Dusters. And fleet vehicles aren't exactly the best treated. |
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Nate Nagel wrote:
> > Dave Lister wrote: > Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles > > but never consistently put a good engine in. > > HUH? > > Chrysler engines have traditionally been far superior to Ford and GM's > offerings (well, at least the lower priced lines, the old Caddy and Olds > motors were pretty decent.) It's only in recent years that they've had > issues. The old V-8s were all built like a brick ****house and the > slant six was even more reliable. We've got two Dodge 318s from 1968 and 1970, both running strong. A friend however, had a 198x LeBaron that was constantly blowing head gaskets and ultimately I think it cracked its block. -- Cheers,Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++ "History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government." -- letter from Thomas Jefferson to Baron vonHumboldt, 1813 |
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The Real Bev wrote:
> however, had a 198x LeBaron that was constantly blowing head gaskets and > ultimately I think it cracked its block. Don't know if it's with all LeBarons, but I had a LeBaron from that era, and it had a Mitsubishi engine. -- Mikko Peltoniemi Film & Video Editor, Avid Technician at large. http://www.discountcadavers.com |
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>> however, had a 198x LeBaron that was constantly blowing head gaskets and
>> ultimately I think it cracked its block. >Don't know if it's with all LeBarons, but I had a LeBaron from that era, > and it had a Mitsubishi engine. For very low values of "8x" or high values of "7x" a LeBaron would have been an M-body RWD sedan powered by an LA-block 318 or in some years an optional 360. "LeBaron," which has a long history at Chrysler as a nameplate in its own right or a variant on the Imperial, was applied to a K-car derivative in 1983. These and the next generation were smaller front-wheel-drive cars powered by various I4's (some turbocharged, if memory serves) and V6's. I'd have to do some digging around to see where the engines came from, but for sure Chrysler and Mitsubishi were in a web of technical contributions, badge-engineering of entire cars, joint ventures, and intertwined ownership during those years. The model stayed around until replaced by the cab-forward generation in the mid-90s. When the little front-wheel-drive jobbies got the LeBaron name, the RWD V8 "M" body was dubbed the 5th Avenue (which had previously designated an option package on the New Yorker) and, less gussied up, the Plymouth St. Regis and Dodge Diplomat. The latter two were much loved by operators of police and taxicab fleets in their day. The M-body soldiered on through the rest of the 80s, but never regained the LeBaron name. Both are history now. Cheers, --Joe |
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On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:04:03 -0400, Nate Nagel >
wrote: >Dave Lister wrote: >Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles >> but never consistently put a good engine in. > >HUH? > >Chrysler engines have traditionally been far superior to Ford and GM's >offerings (well, at least the lower priced lines, the old Caddy and Olds >motors were pretty decent.) It's only in recent years that they've had >issues. The old V-8s were all built like a brick ****house and the >slant six was even more reliable. > >nate Well, Nate, that is the same as saying Chrysler has sucked far less than Ford and GM. Since the 60's or so, Chrysler has sucked compared to what you can get elsewhere. |
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DTJ wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:04:03 -0400, Nate Nagel > > wrote: > > >>Dave Lister wrote: >>Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles >> >>>but never consistently put a good engine in. >> >>HUH? >> >>Chrysler engines have traditionally been far superior to Ford and GM's >>offerings (well, at least the lower priced lines, the old Caddy and Olds >>motors were pretty decent.) It's only in recent years that they've had >>issues. The old V-8s were all built like a brick ****house and the >>slant six was even more reliable. >> >>nate > > > Well, Nate, that is the same as saying Chrysler has sucked far less > than Ford and GM. Since the 60's or so, Chrysler has sucked compared > to what you can get elsewhere. IMHO since the early 70s, ALL American cars have sucked to some extent. Chrysler actually postponed the suckage longer and more effectively than Ford or GM. I still don't understand the comment about Chrysler consistently not putting in good engines; up until very recently they were still the best American engines out there and some were really world class... the LA, B/RB, slant six, 2.2/2.5, all very decent engines. What have the other guys been putting out? the 3800 is pretty good, like I said the older non-Chevy GM engines were good, but other than that... nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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Nate Nagel > wrote in
news:1118629849.0557f4ff163c52732e3ebfaa82fa1cb8@t eranews: > DTJ wrote: >> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:04:03 -0400, Nate Nagel > >> wrote: >> >> >>>Dave Lister wrote: >>>Chrysler has for many years built good looking vehicles >>> >>>>but never consistently put a good engine in. >>> >>>HUH? >>> >>>Chrysler engines have traditionally been far superior to Ford and >>>GM's offerings (well, at least the lower priced lines, the old Caddy >>>and Olds motors were pretty decent.) It's only in recent years that >>>they've had issues. The old V-8s were all built like a brick >>>****house and the slant six was even more reliable. >>> >>>nate >> >> >> Well, Nate, that is the same as saying Chrysler has sucked far less >> than Ford and GM. Since the 60's or so, Chrysler has sucked compared >> to what you can get elsewhere. > > IMHO since the early 70s, ALL American cars have sucked to some > extent. > Chrysler actually postponed the suckage longer and more effectively > than Ford or GM. I still don't understand the comment about Chrysler > consistently not putting in good engines; up until very recently they > were still the best American engines out there and some were really > world class... the LA, B/RB, slant six, 2.2/2.5, all very decent > engines. What have the other guys been putting out? the 3800 is > pretty good, like I said the older non-Chevy GM engines were good, but > other than that... Every Chrysler I have ever driven has been a noisy gutless pig. Of course it's been a couple of years since I test drove a Concorde. -- Republican Health Plan: Don't Get Sick Guantanamo: The Gulag of Our Time |
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