| It's the age old question who makes and sells the best | | | | powertrains, suspensions or even drive trains. They |
| cars? Undoubtedly, you will here more opinions on the | | | | don't develop the electronic architectures unlike U.S |
| subject than a mind can entertain. American auto | | | | auto makers do. |
| makers versus imports, it's really a touchy subject with | | | | Meanwhile General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are |
| millions of people who are dead set on certain auto | | | | doing the most recruiting and hiring from colleges |
| makers they think are the best, but are they? First of | | | | across the U.S to fill every kind of job opening they |
| all, what's the basis for the opinions? Who sold the | | | | possibly can. General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are |
| most, which model cost the least to repair or | | | | the ones buying the American-made High tech |
| historically which auto maker's cars last the longest? | | | | computers and employing the people to program them. |
| From an American stand point of view, we always | | | | Additionally, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are the |
| hear about stiff import competition from Japanese car | | | | ones doing the computational fluid dynamics here |
| maker's capturing the market for big sales and big | | | | before they go into their wind tunnels. This is where |
| values for your dollar when compared to American | | | | they do their manufacturing engineering. The big three |
| auto makers. Even South Korea's Hyundai has | | | | are super contributors to the U.S economy, employing |
| reported strong growth in current markets cutting in to | | | | so many people and communities, import auto makers |
| the sales pie. | | | | can't even compare or really even compete with. |
| However, what many Americans never hear about is | | | | Here's a fact you may not know, Japanese car |
| the facts that General Motors Corp. just became | | | | makers are actually envious of some of are car |
| China's top-selling foreign automaker last year, even | | | | designs we produce here in the U.S like from Chrysler. |
| blowing by Germany's Volkswagen AG, with rocketing | | | | Additionally, VW a strong importer has seen its market |
| sales growth of 35.2 percent to 665,390 vehicles for | | | | share drop sharply from over 50 percent in the 1990's. |
| the 2006 fiscal year. | | | | Hoping to regain lost ground, it has slashed prices and |
| Americans sell their very own auto makers short | | | | announced plans to introduce up to 12 new models in |
| many times thinking they are being out done by | | | | China by 2009 while cutting costs and improving |
| imports due to media they hear. Nevertheless, what | | | | service. |
| people don't hear about is just how powerful American | | | | Today, sales of the Buick GL8 luxury passenger van |
| auto makers really are in the market and just how | | | | also enjoyed powerful growth, as the newly introduced |
| they really stack up to the import auto makers. In spite | | | | Chevrolet and Cadillac models are really selling great. In |
| of all the benefits, you hear of import auto makers and | | | | fact, GM, the world's largest automaker, about 11.2 |
| they benefits they bring to America. They still don't | | | | percent of the Chinese market, up from 9.4 percent. |
| meet the mark of the big three General Motors, Ford | | | | Now, while imports are a matter of choice, the next |
| and Chrysler. Like, did you know that for all the value | | | | time you go car shopping remember, not only do the |
| the foreigners have added here, they still don't do their | | | | big three American auto makers create thousands of |
| core engineering in the U.S.? They don't create | | | | jobs for Americans, they also build some of the finest |
| platforms here. They don't design the chassis, | | | | long lasting and affordable automobiles in the world . |