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Those designs are the result of the lack of competitive pressure coming from the fact that the Detroit automakers effectively had the US market captured.
by VHRanger 3y ago
Those designs are the result of the lack of competitive pressure coming from the fact that the Detroit automakers effectively had the US market captured.
- nradov 3y agoI am not convinced that protectionism was the primary cause. Japan had extensive protectionism for their domestic auto industry in the 1970s but still managed to design generally superior products. I think US auto company managers, designers, and engineers were just generally lazy and incompetent.
- VHRanger 3y agoJapan wasn't nearly as large a source of demand as the USA for cars in that period.