What would it take for you foreign car owners to buy an AMERICAN CAR Again ?

30MPG+ AND 200,000 MILE+ LIFE. Price ranch under $20,000.

Do you mean a car made by an American company, like a Ford or Chevy, or are you talking about a car that is made in America, like a Toyota?

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What do you mean "again"?

If Sara Bei has an American car then I might reconsider ;-)

What would it take for you foreign car owners to buy an AMERICAN CAR...?

When an American car is as good as the foreign competition and priced competitively.

mattk wrote:

30MPG+ AND 200,000 MILE+ LIFE. Price ranch under $20,000.

I took my 89 Cavalier to 250k with 34 mpg (freeway). My 95 Chevy full size truck is at 23 mpg on the average tank, at 198k.

Mock me for being anecdotal as you see fit.

well thats some damn good luck! I dont think i've ever known anyone with a GM or Ford. Good for you. I do believe American cars are capable of getting those numbers, I just believe they are inconsistant and require you to do the regular maintanence...whearas foreign cars even without changing the oil, transmission flushes, etc on time will still get those numbers...

...whearas foreign cars even without changing the oil, transmission flushes, etc on time will still get those numbers...[/quote]

Not if you are late quite often! I don't care what brand of vehicle it is. If you are constantly late on servicing your vehicle, then forget getting the most out of it.

I think they should start with scrapping their brands and come up with better names. Look what happened to Oldsmobile. Ford, Chrysler, Cadillac just doesn't sound cool to youthful ears and they will have problems attracting youth in the future.

I considered an "American" car the last time I went car shopping. It was the Pontiac Vibe (a joint GM-Toyota venture based on the Corolla platform). It met my criteria of AWD, good passenger and cargo space, good sight lines, better than 24 mpg, and under $22,000, but I just didn't feel right. I ended up with a Forester, which I've been more than pleased with.

I would buy American if they could come out with an AWD minivan that got more than 30 mpg.

Overheard: "Next time I'm getting a Toyota" - Vibe owner. It's made on the same assembly line and has an overwhelming number of common parts with the Toyota Matrix.

this is a really surprising statistic, and I know most of you won't believe it, but I swear it's true

85% of fords made in 1980 are still on the road.....

the other 15% made it home from the dealer

Honda Owner for the last 15yrs wrote:

I would buy American if they could come out with an AWD minivan that got more than 30 mpg.

Why not hold Japanese cars to the same standard?

Honda's Odyssey is 17/25, no AWD.

You can get a Toyota Sienna with AWD, but that's a 16/21 mpg vehicle.

The closest you can get is a 22/28 manual trans Mazda5 (just fwd).

i would buy an american made car from a NEW company but definitely not those who are so mired in the quicksand

get some apple designers, some walmart logistics folks and some boeing engineers together in a room for a week and turn them loose

so this new magic car will look cool, be way overpriced, and made from shitty parts out of china?

I bought a new car earlier this year was considering alitma, accord, and the malibu. The Malibu didn't come in stick, so i didn't even go look at it. How hard is it to put a manual transmission in a car? Gm lost a potential 20k real quick. It turns out my Alitma was built in Tennessee, so no big loss to America anyway.

I bought a new car earlier this year and was considering an alitma, an accord, and a malibu. The Malibu didn't come in stick, so i didn't even go look at it. How hard is it to put a manual transmission in a car? Gm lost a potential 20k real quick. It turns out my Alitma was built in Tennessee, so no big loss to America anyway.