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Why I'd Avoid Toyota, The #1 Automaker in the U.S.

That's an utter and complete lie. Evidence please? Here, I have done your work for you...

www.snopes.com/rumors/...

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On Jun 23 11:50 AM Richard/Babyface wrote:

> If Americans like driving Japanese cars so much, they should move
> there.I agree that the automakers did not do themselves any good
> building cars with problems, but it is time for ALL Americans to
> support american made products and companies.
> After 9/11, Gm,Chrysler and Ford donated $10 Million each to our
> cause. Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Suzuki donated a total
> of ZERO!
> If you want to support companies that are one sided towards their
> own,then buy imported products. I question your loyaltyas an American.

Why I'd Avoid Toyota, The #1 Automaker in the U.S.

"fearsome of competitors – government owned companies"

You're kidding right... The beuracratic, self-serving, special interest driven, US Gov. as a "fearsome competitor?"

And Jimmy I understand your point, however, there is a huge difference between partnering for success and outright ownership.

Fuel Systems Solutions, Toyota and the Phill

One problem.... Obama just came out last week in support of Bio-fuel production as a means to lower dependancy on foreign oil...

www.reuters.com/articl...

I think trading food for fuel is foolish, and hope the farmers and their strong lobby does not succeed.

I would love to see TM make the Camry also, but if NG is not suported by Washington, I doubt it ever gets made.

Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

It pains me when people say that all "Foreign company profits leave the US". It's funny, you would think on a site like SA people would actually understand the stock market.

True the profits go back to the company's home country. However in this thing called the "stock market", companies pay these things called "dividends", to these other people called "shareholders". And guess what, they pay the dividend to shareholders regardless of where they call home. So if you are an american and want some of Toyota's profits, you can have some. Buy the stock and part of the profits actually do come back to you. Buy enough of the stock and it is no longer a foreign company.

GM Gets Some Good News, Chrysler - Not So Much

JD Power is about as unbiased as Rush Limbaugh. Do you know how much consulting work GM throws to JD Power each year? Huge money.

If you want an unbiased look at reliability, try Consumer Reports study which was released last month. Consumer Reports is unbiased in that all their revenue comes from customer subscriptions, not from consulting work from GM.

Of course in the Consumer Reports study, the Asians dominated GM. So how could two studies have such different conclusions? Follow the money!

Auto Manufacturing: What Does 'Buy American' Even Mean?

Great post. This is the reality we live in (well at least some of us). What's sad is that Ford and GM still don't get it. They continue to push marketing campaigns with taglines like "An American Revolution", "This is Our Country", etc... Basically telling the consumer to ignore quality, price, styling, technology, fuel efficiency and buy our cars because we are based in Detroit. What a sad value proposition. In fact, if you believe in the American staples of free markets and capitalism then buying an uncompetitive product just because it's "American" is actually very Un-American.

"This is ouuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrr country!"