WinterBorn
Diamond Member
The Capitalist corporations used up and abandoned Detroit. They designed crappy cars, cut corners and ignored the marketWith few exceptions (Trans Am) they were ugly, poorly made cars
Lazy ass Union workers, who thought their gravy train would last forever?
I agree.
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Union workers did not design the cars, they did not buy the parts, they did not set quality standards
It took a combination of commie auto unions and inbreed, clueless management to kill Detroit and they did a through job of it. Teamwork!
The consumers weren’t buying it
I sold new and used cars during the 80s and the mid 70s cars sucked. I think it was the gas crisis that killed the auto market. I can't remember when it was, but the Alaskan pipeline changed things for the better again. People started ordering Cadillacs and Lincoln Continentals again.
When I was in the Navy I bought a '77 Mustang. Biggest piece of shit I ever owned. Ford was just learning about 4 cylinder motors, I think. The engine in this disaster should have had Briggs & Stratton on the side.