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Drivesthebeast,Feb 20 2007, 12:38 PM Wrote:Unfortunately, the general car buying public thinks this stigma is the status quo, and are ignorant towards domestics.  What I mean is, they won't bother to look at newer domestics which are actually pretty great cars, because they assume they are still gonna be junk, etc etc.  That, and a lot of people are too lazy anymore to do some actual pavement pounding and research and testdrive multiple vehicles...they'd rather have the 12th Camry or Civic on their street, because they think the car MUST be good if everyone has one.right

I think that people are smarter than that they actually walk up to there neighbours and ask for an honest to god reply as to the reliability of there vehicle(I've had this happen on many occasions now regarding my Hyundai Santa Fe). There must be a reason why there are neighbourhoods full of Camry's and Accords word of mouth is a powerfull advertising tool and Ford and other manufacturers should know this by now. It should be pretty obvious that in some categories that reliability and service at there dealership are far more important than HP and looks. The other thing that Domestic manufacturers have failed to sway is the recent tide of Asian immmigrants and when they do buy a car they don't bother to look at Domestics because over in Asia Toyota, Honda rule the roost and they go buy what they have been brought up on. It's not to late for the Domestics but the hole is getting deaper every day just look at Chrysler and ask yourself how far behind is Ford and GM in comparison?

my .02

Laterz :)