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As you said though, they've only sold ~100k vehicles and only in select markets. Try doing that to the 3 series, Golf or Corolla.
by te_chris 11y ago
As you said though, they've only sold ~100k vehicles and only in select markets. Try doing that to the 3 series, Golf or Corolla.
- mikeash 11y agoThe Takata airbag recall shows that can be done too. That's been a bit slow, but only because the affected cars actually need stuff replaced, not just inspected, and supplies of replacement parts are limited. Even with tens of millions of cars affected, car companies can jump out ahead of a problem and fix it properly.
- te_chris 11y agoThe point wasn't 'can car companies do it', it was 'can this car company do it'.
- mikeash 11y agoRelative size counts for a lot. Honda can recall five million cars because they're big, and they produce almost that many cars every year. But my point was just that big car companies can still fuck up big time in very stupid ways, but we don't say they're hobbies. My point with Takata is simply to show that GM didn't have to approach their ignition switch problem in a stupid way.