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I don't work in PR, but I work in marketing Posted by Caarma [Email]  (#592)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Caarma) on Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:29:21
In Reply to: You must do Big 3 PR, pony, Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:32:53 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I'm just using logic and reasoning and if it makes for good PR, so be it.
You have a good point about other industry jobs being lost, but the automotive industry is the last bastion of heavy industry we have left, that's why it deserves special consideration. What else is made here anymore? A strong economy needs manufacturing because you can't export services like you can export goods. And manufacturing usually leads to better jobs. The domestic auto industry is needed for a strong defense in case of a large war too. As in WW2, plants can be converted to make defense parts, tanks, etc...
The fact that jobs have been shipped overseas shows that our government hasn't done a good job to protect them or create new ones. Does that mean that it should continue to do so or that it should change policies so that fewer jobs are lost in the future? Other countries are smart and enough to realize that their auto industries are worth protecting and supporting. UAW workers did make good livings, but not all of them make 6 figures and their work often involves more than just screwing parts together. There are model-makers, people who do maintenance, drive vehicles, run tests. These are often tasks that take special skills and a long time to learn how to do.
I didn't "lie" about reliability by altering a sample size. We each have our own experiences and that's all we can really attest to. My family has had great experience with GM products. If the Detroit 3 products were so bad and unreliable, nobody would buy them, especially not fleets. But, the Detroit 3 sell nearly half of the volume in our market (despite increased competition), and surprise surprise, they have many loyal repeat buyers besides myself.
The quality gap is minimal today and that's proven by the difference in number of problems per hundred from worst car to best car. It is 0.8 problems per vehicle for initial quality and I think around 4 for durability over three years. Some people would rather have a car they like to drive and deal with an extra problem or two than have to live with a boring car that so many other people drive. I know I'm part of a minority, but I wouldn't buy a Honda Accord no matter how reliable it is.
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