Bailout Watch 494: 19 Days to Chrysler C11 > C7
Published: April 11th, 2009
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GS650G “I always wondered why people bought the K cars. The styling was stodgy, the interiors were blah, the handling questionable, the performance was basic. Resale was terrible, the cars had rust and assembly issues.“ For the same reasons that I always buy Toyotas and Hondas. If your personal experience with a brand has been good chances are that you will be a repeat buyer. My mom purchased 3 new k-cars or variants An 81 Dodge Aries, a 87 Plymouth Reliant and a 95 Plymouth Acclaim. Aside from the poor build quality of the 81 Aries they were all good cars. They had zero repair or reliability issues. Also they had zero I repeat zero rust but we lived in Florida where that is not an issue. True they were plain dowdy cars but they had good gas mileage they were reliable and they were inexpensive. My mom wanted another Chrysler K-car variant with roll up windows in 2004 but alas none were to be had so she purchased a Toyota Corolla. My family has no complaints against Chrysler based on our experience with my mom’s cars just as I will continue to buy Toyotas and Hondas based on my own experiences. It doesn’t matter what Consumer Reports, JD Powers or any of the experts say. Personal experience is going to continue to be an enormous factor in peoples decision making process in choosing a car. If you purhase brand xyz car and you feel that the car has been fantastic then chances are that brand xyz will get first dibs on your next car purchase.
Japan requires each and every car being imported be inspected. US requires the OEM certify all cars meeting requirements. Huge diff! Plus, the US OEM's haven't figured out how to efficiently build cars for different markets, where the Japanese OEM's have mastered the process.
The L-Body Omni/Horizons were reliable little beasts with the Trenton Engine and the Manual Trans.
At least in those days America engineered and designed its own cars. Now all we have is excrement. We are becoming a nation that creates and produces little outside aviation and computers.