Why Did The American Car Industry Fail?

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The USA is used to produce worlds best cars back in '50s and '60s. Now, if you look at the American car companies, not only they don’t have any significant portion of the foreign market, they can’t even dominate in their domestic market. So why do American car companies are failing so miserably?
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  • @endcensorship874
    @endcensorship8743 жыл бұрын

    For those who didn't watch, let me sum it up for you: The US automakers asked "how can we make it cheaper, and make more money." The Japanese asked "how can we make it better."

  • @holycownonames

    @holycownonames

    3 жыл бұрын

    I junk a lot of cars, as I own a few tow trucks, the majority of the vehicles I junk are not american (likely because there are more japanese cars here) and if it is american its almost never a truck. Cash for clunkers was the apocalypse of a lot of 80's-2000's american cars. one of my favorite cars to junk is the mitsubishi eclipse, because they were such trash when they were made its a rare sight to get one, or even see one driving. not sure I agree with the video entirely, I have a ford with one million four hundred thousand miles on it, (its on its way back from its second trip to the moon) and a gmc with three quarters of a million miles on it. I also bought a nissan brand new in 2014, after the second week of owning it, it had no more oil in it, because it was burning it right off the lot.

  • @effexon

    @effexon

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@holycownonames u are right, Toyota went overboard with lean thinking early 2000s, a lot of cars had manufacturing defects for that reason (chinese style cheapskating in materials... every little detail)... after that they learned it was bad business. I dont know what is status of american cars after 2000, but 80s those were in my understanding still better quality than most manufacturers, as price competition means quality is lowered, but it was just beginning then.

  • @garethbaus5471

    @garethbaus5471

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@recoveringnewyorker2243 this really isn't the place to self advertise.

  • @TheLtVoss

    @TheLtVoss

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@holycownonames a Greek has buyed a Mercedes d200 with 200000km (125000miles)on the clock and he drove in 26years 4.4 million km so now there a 4.6 million km (2.875000 miles) on th clock all on first engine

  • @brendanliamgill99

    @brendanliamgill99

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@effexon i daily a 1988 Ford bronco II it probably has nearly 200,000 miles on it original motor and transmission had to be rebuilt because it blew two gears and doesn't burn oil most the work ive done is replacing worn out parts now most cars i see when working in a shop burn oil and these car are not clunkers there cars still under warranty and there burning oil and the manufacturer doesn't see a issue with that. A 50,000'$ car should not burn oil when it an't 10 years old or got a million miles on it cars and trucks and everything in between is made to be trashed after the warranty is expired

  • @leogreck9984
    @leogreck99843 жыл бұрын

    General Motors, the only company capable of cutting the corners on a circle.

  • @andrepoiy1199

    @andrepoiy1199

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's Chrysler

  • @leogreck9984

    @leogreck9984

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andrepoiy1199 as far as I know they are good at that too. Thats exactly why they needed to partner up with Fiat and are now part of Stellantis, because they suck on thier own.

  • @lionelgower6877

    @lionelgower6877

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah 😂

  • @mhikosale7233

    @mhikosale7233

    3 жыл бұрын

    GM can make a new kind of geometry.

  • @leogreck9984

    @leogreck9984

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mhikosale7233 exactly. Nothing is impossible if you can "reduce cost and boost profits."

  • @ondank
    @ondank2 жыл бұрын

    "The next recession will probably make the 2008 recession look like a picnic" ... Yeah, about that.

  • @kaydgaming

    @kaydgaming

    2 жыл бұрын

    We just getting started

  • @JaccoSW

    @JaccoSW

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kaydgaming Yup. At the very least the correction of the current inflated housing prices will hurt a lot of people.

  • @joshuakhaos4451

    @joshuakhaos4451

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kaydgaming The next month is about to get spicy with all the people facing the street corner. Which means I should probably start getting supplies ready, Regardless of whether they become homeless or move in with family, It's going to upset things

  • @8Oblivion_Lost8

    @8Oblivion_Lost8

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshuakhaos4451 and the markets haven't crashed yet eithrr.

  • @joshuakhaos4451

    @joshuakhaos4451

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@8Oblivion_Lost8 Yep. Gotta get food and ammo. Ammo definietely because people have lost it and crime is getting pretty bad in many cities. I never go downtown anymore just because of how bad its gotten in the last year. Even in the day things are bad, even on the main drag where all the Tourists are all day.

  • @davinp
    @davinp3 жыл бұрын

    If a model fails, instead of improving it, GM/Chrysler/Ford will cancel it.

  • @joshuakhaos4451

    @joshuakhaos4451

    2 жыл бұрын

    They dont listen to criticism. Ford is using the garbage MT-82 Trans for their 5.0 Mustang even though people have been demanding a full replacement for 10 years now. But the Transmission is cheap, so they just continue using it against the protests. But their sportier and more expensive Mustangs get a better transmission.

  • @barondystopia

    @barondystopia

    2 жыл бұрын

    But they won't cancel it right away. Poor sales? Reliability issues? Let's keep on selling them for a few more years! No improvement! ONLY SELL!

  • @blogshagify

    @blogshagify

    2 жыл бұрын

    But why do they do that? Best Cadillacs they ever made --CTS and CT6, and they cancel them

  • @barondystopia

    @barondystopia

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@blogshagify It's because of poor sales. Ford, FCA, and GM have great difficulty selling their sedans (compared to Hyundai/Kia, Toyota, Subaru, Mazda, Honda, and Nissan). So they've decided to kill off their sedans in favor of the things that sell really well: crossovers, SUVs, and trucks.

  • @ClearanceCollector
    @ClearanceCollector3 жыл бұрын

    European Car CEO: “How can we make quality cars?” Japanese Car CEO: “How can we improve our cars’ reliability?” American Car CEO: “How can we lower our cost and boost our profit?”

  • @j.s.7335

    @j.s.7335

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me: "Ooh, ooh, I know: by making good-quality, reliable cars!" American Car CEO: "Your an idiot" [sic]

  • @pedrovascodeoliveiraveriss6293

    @pedrovascodeoliveiraveriss6293

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@j.s.7335 Sad but True.

  • @iainkillion262

    @iainkillion262

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also EU Car CEO: “How can we cheat the emission tests?”

  • @BPJJohn

    @BPJJohn

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@iainkillion262 American lobbyist: how can we keep foreigners from dominating our market? fake emission requirements!

  • @hashiramasenju6058

    @hashiramasenju6058

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm an American and this is so true. All the big corporations are so corrupt that they don't care about putting out good products, they just want to take your money.

  • @SeriousApache
    @SeriousApache3 жыл бұрын

    Every CEO of Honda have been engineers. Well then, it makes perfect sence to put in charge a guy who knows how cars are built, doesn't it?

  • @Bartonovich52

    @Bartonovich52

    3 жыл бұрын

    I suppose. Then why do Honda transmissions grenade as frequently as Dodge? Why does my new Honda have a class action lawsuit against it for a design defect? Why does the paint on any Honda made in the last 10 years look as bad as the worst GM and Chrysler products from the late 1980s?

  • @Amerikanskis

    @Amerikanskis

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@Bartonovich52 because they build in them in house instead of outsourcing them like Toyota does with Aisin. Honda has never excelled at making automatic transmissions since they went away from reliability in early 90's and went for smooth shifting instead. The 80-95ish cars had autos that you could feel the shifts in, but regularly went half a million miles. Since then, Honda auto's have been hit or miss. Their manual transmissions on the other hand, fucking forget about it. I'd bet a Honda with a manual transmission is more reliable than a Toyota.

  • @cristianvillanueva8782

    @cristianvillanueva8782

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bartonovich52 i was confused cause my accords transmission is as strong as ever, then again I bought a standard transmission.

  • @halfpasttenpm8068

    @halfpasttenpm8068

    2 жыл бұрын

    @T A good joke. Russian cars are really easy and cheap to repair that's really good, but its quality and outdated standards are moving it behind top manufacturers.

  • @ronaldderooij1774

    @ronaldderooij1774

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not necessarily. To manage is a science in itself. I wonder even if having a background in what to manage might not even be a disadvantage.

  • @v1br4t1ons
    @v1br4t1ons2 жыл бұрын

    On my trip to the US a few years ago I was gobsmacked at people complaining about fuel whilst driving these huge trucks.

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    & You never noticed the Hellcat SRT, 392 SCAT, DEMON, ZL1 CAMARO ANY CORVETTE after 2015, Mustang GT's. All you seen was Trucks? Literally Every human had a Truck?

  • @v1br4t1ons

    @v1br4t1ons

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEgypt I know it sounds crazy but most of all cars I saw were mostly trucks and suv's.

  • @jamesmedina2062

    @jamesmedina2062

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@v1br4t1ons Yes it is today as well

  • @jamesmedina2062

    @jamesmedina2062

    2 жыл бұрын

    people are spoiled and told endless lies that President Biden made their fuel price go up

  • @jamesmedina2062

    @jamesmedina2062

    2 жыл бұрын

    @carl hartford well it's probably Chilean lithium and Congolese cobalt. Assembled in the good old US of A

  • @Fexisepic
    @Fexisepic2 жыл бұрын

    Did you know that of every ford car built since 1981, 90% of them are still on the road. The other 10% made it home.

  • @mightydeathlash2867

    @mightydeathlash2867

    2 жыл бұрын

    OMG! You totally got me on the first one 😂😂😂

  • @atlascheethac7869

    @atlascheethac7869

    2 жыл бұрын

    LoL

  • @georgevavoulis4758

    @georgevavoulis4758

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same for British Land Rover Discovery and Defe

  • @erikbunty2016

    @erikbunty2016

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess there's a reason Ford stands for Found On Road Dead.

  • @user-be5qg7mr1s

    @user-be5qg7mr1s

    2 жыл бұрын

    bahahaha take that ford owners. bullshit trucks

  • @Lemonz1989
    @Lemonz19893 жыл бұрын

    In my country, when GM owned Opel, there was a saying: “Opel, a car for life”, because they were impossible to get rid of after you bought them.

  • @19e2

    @19e2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Rust helped a lot....

  • @xml571

    @xml571

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@19e2 😁

  • @thatcopenguy

    @thatcopenguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is this the reason why I still see 20 year old Corsas running around? 😂

  • @mrsoshadabaadman

    @mrsoshadabaadman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thatcopenguy They were Opels before they were Chevrolet 😂😂😂

  • @zwen3763

    @zwen3763

    3 жыл бұрын

    My dad used to own an Opel and the only good thing I can say about it is the engine never stop running, which is quite suprising because everything else just deteriorated and broken down years before the engine.

  • @Atombender
    @Atombender3 жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when you care more about shareholder value than product quality.

  • @richardfewer9348

    @richardfewer9348

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks yes Amen

  • @MichaelSchmidt-ow3kb

    @MichaelSchmidt-ow3kb

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shalom.

  • @poysm

    @poysm

    3 жыл бұрын

    And that is Exactly it! Summed up beautifully

  • @tinkerduck1373

    @tinkerduck1373

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is what happens when you run a company mainly by finance folks vs. folks who have a tech background (like Herbert Diess / Elon Musk).

  • @optimisation5893

    @optimisation5893

    3 жыл бұрын

    Alex K. Yeah you are completely right but that it's not only for the auto industry in USA though. That is a fenomen that is happening in other areas also, entertainment industries being one of them, like Cinema, TV, Comics, Video games, music and etc etc. The quality have been decreased way too much to maximize profits unfortunately. I'm sorry for the poor English, cheers.

  • @rboddington
    @rboddington3 жыл бұрын

    I've been all over the globe, no matter where you go you will see a Toyota and a Mercedes.

  • @KrolKaz

    @KrolKaz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mercedes are unreliable, only reason ppl buy them is to show off

  • @Paches92-

    @Paches92-

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KrolKaz the last true Mercedes died in the 80s

  • @magicheats8291

    @magicheats8291

    2 жыл бұрын

    Toyota dominate easy worldwide

  • @theholt2ic219

    @theholt2ic219

    Жыл бұрын

    So true. They make good cars it’s as simple as that. I would put Honda there too.

  • @phatmeow7764
    @phatmeow77643 жыл бұрын

    the most dependable Ford is the Fiesta which happens to be made in Germany. Under rated savagery there!

  • @schweinebauch666

    @schweinebauch666

    2 жыл бұрын

    My first car was a Fiesta Mk II. Absolutely indestructable. Cheap to run, easy to repair, spare parts were also cheap as dirt. Great car, except for the anemic 45 HP engine.

  • @clover7359

    @clover7359

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fieatas with the automated manual transmission are anything but reliable.

  • @nicholas5129

    @nicholas5129

    2 жыл бұрын

    I used to drive European 2015 Focus 1.6 with 5-speed manual for 2 years and it was one of the best cars I've ever driven. It had oved 100k kilometers mileage, but I only had to change small part in suspension. Now I'm driving 2016 Fusion 2.5 (American version of Mondeo) and I think it's a really nice car. It has classic, hydrokinetic automatic gearbox so there should be no problem with it. It's very comfortable and the AC in Fusion (compared to Focus) is very efficient, so it's not a big deal to drive when it's hot outside.

  • @aadi8568

    @aadi8568

    2 жыл бұрын

    The fiesta and focus and mondeo are basically European, they were built for Europe specifically

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hellcat SRT, 392 SCAT, DEMON, ZL1 CAMARO ANY CORVETTE after 2015, Mustang GT's. Any American Muscle will DUST Euro cars.

  • @frdml01
    @frdml013 жыл бұрын

    GM killed the SAAB car brand as well, due to the same reason: cut costs, where SAAB had always been loved for its innovations and unusual styling.

  • @dahorn100011

    @dahorn100011

    3 жыл бұрын

    and GM weren't happy that it costs money to do cars properly. Vauxhall / opel now doing well after the GM pull out.

  • @dennisdegroot7490

    @dennisdegroot7490

    3 жыл бұрын

    True, But SAAB didn't share as much components as they should. This was a big management thing to. Development was killing SAAB. For me the True SAAB was the last 900 Turbo from the 80/90's.

  • @antonioakiki3716

    @antonioakiki3716

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dennisdegroot7490 yes development was killing saab, they rejected all parts from gm and did it their own way on a tighy budget resulting in shit cars. They should have embraced it more and just focused on some aspects while badge engineering other

  • @normandunckley3926

    @normandunckley3926

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@antonioakiki3716 Any Saab post 2000 (95 & 93) are GM crap, having owned 12 Saabs over the years Many metal parts were replaced with "generic" inferior GM plastic parts. Example hot water T valve, They used to be metal - replaced by plastic & what happens to plastic when it constantly gets hot & cold, goes brittle and breaks. In a saab box $100 same valve in a Vauxhall box $80, generic GM part number k124b3 $20. Thats just one example of many many small changes GM pushed them into and as a result over time it all adds up to inferior engineering. Saabs customer base were those that knew engineering, detail and precession work. Quality and standards nose dived after 2000 Saab got told by GM this is what you got to play with make it fit and work, & you have x amount of $$$ to do it.

  • @starskyhutch6011

    @starskyhutch6011

    3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up with my family driving SAABs and I'm STILL angry at GM for what they did to them!

  • @ZeldagigafanMatthew
    @ZeldagigafanMatthew3 жыл бұрын

    I once heard this comparison. regulations become more strict (safety, emissions, fuel economy) Japanese manufacturers will spend billions to meet or exceed it American manufacturers will spend billions lobbying to kill the regulations.

  • @robertcoeymanjr.2550

    @robertcoeymanjr.2550

    3 жыл бұрын

    More likely, american car companies will follow simplistic models in hopes that they can meet the requirements even though those models do not really work. American cars will try to get lighter or move toward technologies people do not want instead of looking at the actual causes of energy consumption. VM was originally created to keep aircraft engineers active. We could use that technology to improve our automotive designs.

  • @SirInventor

    @SirInventor

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Toyota owner* More like they spend billions trying to avoid it with loop holes, ex: cars getting bigger or being turned into SUVs to not have to meet those standards for their class

  • @c4call

    @c4call

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lemme tell you sumfin bout regulations, honey...... The larger corporations are the ones lobbying FOR regulations, precisely because regulations cost money to abide by.... And even if the large corporations have to lose money following regulations, they can rest assured that the smaller guys are buried and drowning in the costs of running business due to those same regulations. Never forget that the 4 largest communications corporations in the US merged into 2 even larger corporations, IMMEDIATELY AFTER "net neutrality" became effective during Obama's administration. So even if you lose a little money due to a regulation, you may gain much much more, if your competition is shut down.

  • @ZeldagigafanMatthew

    @ZeldagigafanMatthew

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@c4call Thing is, fines for failure to follow regulations tend to take into account revenue. Also, of all the examples you could've chosen, Net Neutrality is by far the worst. A gigabyte is a gigabyte. It doesn't matter if it's a video or text, it doesn't matter if it's from KZread or Pastebin, a gig is a gig, and if the sources are able to keep up it they must arrive at the same speeds, independent of what the ISP thinks it should be.

  • @wittytech7288

    @wittytech7288

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chad Call what you are saying doesn’t apply to cars

  • @ancientgamer3645
    @ancientgamer36452 жыл бұрын

    Richard Demming taught the Japanese that stressing quality, constant improvement, and long term profit vs immediate profits. He tried to teach US companies also, but he was shunned because of view that poor management was the key problem most companies faced. He tried to explain to corporate USA that QUALITY products generated more profit, but the managers kept insisting that lower costs, better worker drones, and higher prices were the answer, and that Mr. Demming was a moron. Japan (and most other countries over time), got the message, and proceeded to kick the poop out of the USA manufacturers. They edged USA companies out of the automotive and many other markets. Better quality at a lower or equal price won the day!

  • @patrickvanderkoelen
    @patrickvanderkoelen2 жыл бұрын

    Bmw: our motors run 350k without problems Toyota: thats nothing ours run 500k without problems Gm: thats nothing ... we cut the costs by 3%

  • @sebastiantschatordai

    @sebastiantschatordai

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is why GM is nothing more than a gigantic joke. 🤣

  • @byronchavarria4954

    @byronchavarria4954

    2 жыл бұрын

    Teslas 510k

  • @Bmille1965

    @Bmille1965

    2 жыл бұрын

    YEA RIGHT ask a M5 owner why the dealer recommends a rebuild on the v10 after 60,000 miles

  • @patrickvanderkoelen

    @patrickvanderkoelen

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Bmille1965 bc idiots do a kickdown coldstart and dont take care about their cars My father drove one for 280kkm without any problems at all and we just gave it away because he died still first clutch first motor etc. if you do oil changes every 10kkm and take care of it it will last forever

  • @Bmille1965

    @Bmille1965

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@patrickvanderkoelen my friend was meticulous with his but the crank was worn out at 80,000 miles BMW told him it was dues for a bottom end at 60 im a old BMW fan but the newer stuff just isnt holding up . 30 hours or more labor on all the v8 intake gaskets etc

  • @ClaireYunFarronXIII
    @ClaireYunFarronXIII4 жыл бұрын

    “Build better cars.” I love that guy! 🤙

  • @kinglandon5831

    @kinglandon5831

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lightning Farron Angela Merkel ist ein Frau 😆

  • @f.r.4329

    @f.r.4329

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@kinglandon5831 Sorry, Frau is female so the sentence is: Angela Merkel ist *eine* Frau 😆

  • @siobhancrowley8777

    @siobhancrowley8777

    3 жыл бұрын

    Listen closely, guys. He stated in the vid : "VICE-chancellor of Germany replied...". The vice-chancellor at that time (dec. 2013 till mar. 2018) was Mr. Sigmar Gabriel, got it?

  • @murti1565

    @murti1565

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kinglandon5831 Vizekanzler nicht Kanzler mein Lieber

  • @ingo_8628

    @ingo_8628

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kinglandon5831 That thing is no women, its a catastrophe.

  • @turbosure7873
    @turbosure78733 жыл бұрын

    Many years ago an American named, I believe Deming, had a plan to efficiently build quality cars. The big three couldn’t be bothered but a small Japanese company named Toyota did. The rest, as they say, is history and I believe Deming is still held in high esteem in Japan.

  • @honkhonk8009

    @honkhonk8009

    3 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing is, American cars were considered to be treated and talked about the same way we treated and talked about japanese cars today. They used to be stupid reliable and have great engineering. Now its just plastic, which basically suck.

  • @davidshipp623

    @davidshipp623

    2 жыл бұрын

    Remember studying that as part of my degree 35 years ago, seems they still haven’t learned the lessons but Europe did.

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hellcat SRT, 392 SCAT, DEMON, ZL1 CAMARO ANY CORVETTE after 2015, Mustang GT's. Any American Muscle will DUST Euro car or Japanese Car

  • @davidshipp623

    @davidshipp623

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEgypt until they have to go around a corner that is 😂. Tbf though I drive a Model S and it goes round corners fine, currently on Scottish roads (this week at least). Would love to try some American muscle in the states sometime. Don’t make much sense in Europe though, and boy not much power out of big engines, relatively speaking. GTR will smoke most things on the road as well.

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davidshipp623 kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIaTmqpyitarabw.html 😎My City

  • @tomaszpankowski8903
    @tomaszpankowski89033 жыл бұрын

    There's an old saying in Poland: "Don't buy a car that starts with an F (Fiat,Ford,French)"

  • 3 жыл бұрын

    It seems to me Renault (French car) has a bad name from the past but the current Renaults seem solid.

  • @Ticki

    @Ticki

    3 жыл бұрын

    @ Well, in Germany we often times say, that Renaults are the most unreliable cars going around. In some parts we even say: "A Renault will break down before you crash as a safety feature." And well... F1 kinda proved that for the past years.

  • @0Joshua026

    @0Joshua026

    3 жыл бұрын

    TRUE

  • @AppleSauceGamingChannel

    @AppleSauceGamingChannel

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Ticki That's a strange saying given that German cars, BMW and Mercedes, have been bottom of the european reliability tests for years and years and Renaults and Peugeots have been close to the top with Toyotas. From what year does this not only xenophobic but technically ignorant saying come from exactly?

  • @Bartonovich52

    @Bartonovich52

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much anything made in Europe is junk. Things break on those cars that don’t even exist on American cars.

  • @noself1028
    @noself10282 жыл бұрын

    Back in 2016, I bought a Camaro after Chevy updated it in an appealing way. I had not owned a domestic car since 1983 and expected quality to be much improved over the years. Overall, that seemed to be the case until the clutch wore out at just over 27,000 miles of light use (I’m 60 now and don’t drive aggressively). Because a clutch is considered to be a “wear and tear” item, Chevy refused to allow any mitigation and charged me $5,000 (!) for a new one. Needless to say, I learned a hard lesson and will go back to trustworthy foreign manufacturers from now on. No more Chevys (or Fords or Chryslers) for me…

  • @SnoopEastwood

    @SnoopEastwood

    2 жыл бұрын

    Buy a crown vic

  • @nowiecoche

    @nowiecoche

    2 жыл бұрын

    Destroyed clutch at 27000 miles is unacceptable. That's absolutely Chevy's fault for poor quality parts.

  • @oyedeepak

    @oyedeepak

    2 жыл бұрын

    $5000 is ₹375000. Double it, and you can buy a good car in India.

  • @BOSSDONMAN

    @BOSSDONMAN

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep standard American trash experience

  • @issavibez394

    @issavibez394

    Жыл бұрын

    Ford had alot less issues than GM chevy and dodge chrysler junk

  • @RunDub
    @RunDub3 жыл бұрын

    It's simple: Rather than make cars people want to buy, American car makers make crappy cars no one wants, then try to get people to buy them.

  • @richardfewer9348

    @richardfewer9348

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks yes Amen

  • @mchenrynick

    @mchenrynick

    3 жыл бұрын

    They don't even make crappy cars anymore. Just crappy trucks & SUVs :/

  • @vtfollett

    @vtfollett

    3 жыл бұрын

    Have to disagree, Matt. Huge pickups and suv's are exactly what the American market wants. And if it has a Diesel engine, we'll, shit, that's just icing on the carbon cake.

  • @MichaelSmith-on1ig

    @MichaelSmith-on1ig

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s basically communism😀

  • @RunnJake

    @RunnJake

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its hilarious because the same 80 something year olds who whine about outsourcing buy toyotas and hondas. I dont blame them, it makes sense, but its a truth hurts situations. I hope the american companies come back with electrics, its a do over chance to do it right. I like Dodges and Fords still, though.

  • @jackboot8432
    @jackboot84323 жыл бұрын

    First the Detroit Big 3, then IBM, then GE and now Boeing. Harvard MBAs strike again...

  • @ExcessumGaming

    @ExcessumGaming

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its because they only look short term, remove any talented people from the company to focus only what they call core competency, and then all you have left is just a shell of a company that have nothing to offer. Its like 101 plan hot to run a company to the ground in 20-30 years....

  • @seththomas9105

    @seththomas9105

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ExcessumGaming Preach it brother!

  • @rocketraccoon1976

    @rocketraccoon1976

    3 жыл бұрын

    But they have been successful. Harvard MBAs have been wildly successful at lining their own pockets despite running their companies into the ground.

  • @tulsaguy9963

    @tulsaguy9963

    3 жыл бұрын

    Trade barriers must be used to protect labor, industry and patents

  • @kailexx1962

    @kailexx1962

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Enigma of S2000 Yup, because they've been grounded

  • @lglg6950
    @lglg69502 жыл бұрын

    If you point out a error in a US company then you get fired, especially if that mistake was caused by a supervisor!

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hellcat SRT, 392 SCAT, DEMON, ZL1 CAMARO ANY CORVETTE after 2015, Mustang GT's. Any American Muscle will DUST Euro cars.

  • @lglg6950

    @lglg6950

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEgypt www.yahoo.com/autos/ford-lincoln-recall-roundup-explorer-154700526.html

  • @Einungbrekke

    @Einungbrekke

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEgypt Who the fuck cares about going fast in a straight lane?

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Einungbrekke all cars do have steering wheels I thought. I guess I must be wrong. Damn 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @Einungbrekke

    @Einungbrekke

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEgypt Yeah, because American cars are known through out the world as cars that corner well.

  • @Mrcake0103
    @Mrcake01032 жыл бұрын

    American capitalism is addicted to short term profit above all else. Now to the quarterly report. It is eating itself alive.

  • @joshuakhaos4451

    @joshuakhaos4451

    2 жыл бұрын

    Imagine what the American car industry could be if people never quit giving a shit about their about their products and image? Imagine if Ford, Chevy and Chrysler had Toyotas mindset.

  • @MaoRatto

    @MaoRatto

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is addicted to Corporatism as they got bailed out by the government and relies on chicken tax to justify itself.

  • @KrolKaz

    @KrolKaz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok well if they didn't get bailed out then literally tens of thousands blue collar workers wouldn't been out of a job, it would've decimated Detroit.

  • @MaoRatto

    @MaoRatto

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KrolKaz It shouldn't be up to the god damn normal citizens that don't buy the company's goods to keep them upfloat. Detroit is already a shithole for a different recently. If your busy requires government subsidizies, it's already a burden to society. If can't offer a good or better service than your alternatives, than it should fail. Competition brings innovation for this very reason. The blue collar workers should've known better as they're the ones WORKING on said vehicles. Could've jumped ship to their competition, but stuck with a piece of crap company that is a liability.

  • @Thirteenwindows

    @Thirteenwindows

    2 жыл бұрын

    🇺🇲

  • @mtk3587
    @mtk35873 жыл бұрын

    American cars are a meme even in America

  • @SZUSEast1

    @SZUSEast1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saint Fifty One Ferrari has improved greatly in the last 15 years actually. Lamborghini has improved the most out of the big 4 . (Lamborghini Ferrari Porsche McLaren) VW has done a good job with Lamborghinis reputation and specifically the Huracan is literally bulletproof. Porsche has also improved as well but the only one to not be so good is McLaren but i expect that since they've only been back for 7 8 years.

  • @miraclemk

    @miraclemk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saint Fifty One The suspension technology (magnetic resonance) was actually developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, not GM

  • @miraclemk

    @miraclemk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saint Fifty One yes GM bought the rights to the patents, and also because at the time GM was in a marriage with Fiat, who owned Ferrari fully at the time. The divorce was messy. And very expensive.

  • @miraclemk

    @miraclemk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saint Fifty One Delphi owned by GM, now owned by the Chinese BWI Group

  • @miraclemk

    @miraclemk

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saint Fifty One journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14611348419876392

  • @801_adventure_trek4
    @801_adventure_trek44 жыл бұрын

    There's always that one person in the comments that's like "I own a 2018 Chevy cruze with 15,000 miles and never had a problem" 😆

  • @801_adventure_trek4

    @801_adventure_trek4

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mr.A Bandit I don't have a problem, I drive a Toyota 😂

  • @801_adventure_trek4

    @801_adventure_trek4

    4 жыл бұрын

    94 was a solid year for those, shame they quit making durable cars and trucks 😞

  • @sergio_crs8935

    @sergio_crs8935

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@801_adventure_trek4 seems like everybody stopped making durable cars. That's the same in Europe and Japan .

  • @markmarku8169

    @markmarku8169

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chevrolet Cruze is KOREAN, not American

  • @JesusChrist-xk9ee

    @JesusChrist-xk9ee

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@801_adventure_trek4 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @thegreatkimber3777
    @thegreatkimber37772 жыл бұрын

    I´m living in Germany, driving a 98 Ford E150 Van and I know why. A few years ago I traveled to the USA because of business. I used the chance to rent a brand new RAM 1500 pick up truck. I never expected it to be such a good car. I already owned several commercial trucks and pick ups in Germany back then. I learned that a commercial vehicle can be a comfortable, silent, air conditioned, decent car with automatic transmission. The standard of this truck, even in the lower categories, was way, way higher than any commercial truck or pick up I could have bought here in Germany. So I sold the dreadful Sprinter without A/C but with manual gear box when I came back home and got me this E150.

  • @justiceforallthepeople2642

    @justiceforallthepeople2642

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice to know

  • @rhrh7779
    @rhrh77792 жыл бұрын

    I love Toyota, and don’t worry, Scotty Kilmer has warned us already about the trash vehicles made in the great US of A

  • @KenBober

    @KenBober

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yup. Toyotas are the best. I work on American cars that are 5 years old and are rotted out. Yet a 20 year old Toyota is rust free.

  • @sparkyboi3447

    @sparkyboi3447

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KenBober just take a look at a Dodge power wagon from the 1940s and the engine with work, yes there will be surface rust but nothing terrible. And we have had to scrap a Toyota supra mk4 because of rust damage so it really depends on if the car was probably stored.

  • @ahnungslos7029

    @ahnungslos7029

    2 жыл бұрын

    No Volkswagen is better than Toyota !

  • @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703

    @beezertwelvewashingbeard8703

    2 жыл бұрын

    ToYoDa kWaLiTy! AaAaAaAaAarRh! - scottie kilmers

  • @KenBober

    @KenBober

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ahnungslos7029 funny, German cars are only good for 100k before you have to dump thousands into it to keep in on the road.

  • @rezhaadriantanuharja3389
    @rezhaadriantanuharja33893 жыл бұрын

    I was an intern in a company that adopt the Kaizen principle. One of the technician painted his toolbox with vivid color so people can see it and avoid tripping, the country manager personally awarded him the continuous improvement award. Now that is a company culture,

  • @MrBizteck

    @MrBizteck

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or some dopy Manager would write him up for not using a uniform colour.

  • @JackoBanon1

    @JackoBanon1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or some other loser would claim that the bright colors are a distraction and can cause accidents.

  • @MrDanisve

    @MrDanisve

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Biden Sucks Less than 10% of US jobs are in a union.. If US workers actually had unions with power, things would change. Mcdonalds workers are in a union here, make 23 dollars per hour. Not in a union in the US, makes 7 dollars per hour.. Go figure..

  • @rarelibra

    @rarelibra

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@MrDanisve and how much do you pay in taxes, in comparison?

  • @MrBizteck

    @MrBizteck

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rarelibra I actully lived in Mitchigan and now the UK .....I worked out the difference if I was doing my job in both countries and there was not much difference at all. Tax wise the UK was costing me about an extra 5% (net) from my salary. If you included the average salery for both jobs ... price of health insurance in the US my take home was MORE in the UK. Dont just look at the headline % rates they only tell half the story.

  • @KentoNishi
    @KentoNishi4 жыл бұрын

    I'm Japanese, and I can confirm. American cars in Japan are a meme.

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hope I didn't screw up with the pronunciation of "Kaizen" :)

  • @brage.andersen7544

    @brage.andersen7544

    4 жыл бұрын

    ALFredo C you really fucking think America builds better cars than Europe? Wtf have you been smoking

  • @juanzingarello4005

    @juanzingarello4005

    4 жыл бұрын

    Brage Andersen I’m sorry but your Renaults and FIATs are garbage to say the least. FIAT attempted to sell in the US a second time and consistently land up very last place in any reliability and dependability survey. Even worst than their fellow Dodge and Chryslers do. The only brand that occasionally matches their bottom of the barrel garbage reliability rank occasionally is Land Rover. They are now pulling out of the US market a second time as a result. Renault doesn’t sell in the US anymore (and for good reason) but since they merged with Nissans their reliability has been on a constant slide. And I know this because we had 9 Nissans in our family. All of the pre-Renault models were solid. Our two post-Renault models were constantly in the shop with transmission problems. Nissan must be well aware of it because they are trying to ditch them. Now Peugeot wants to do the same as FIAT and come back into the US market and we’ll see how long they last here. And VW? Most VW buyers in the US don’t go back for a second VW. The first one they buy lands up being their last. The only reason VW remains viable in the US is because of Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, and Porsche. The only European brands that can handle the US market are the luxury heavyweights.

  • @brage.andersen7544

    @brage.andersen7544

    4 жыл бұрын

    Juan Zingarello fuck italian and French cars. Im talking german cars. And America isnt even available in my country. They are too crap.

  • @gianodelvecchio7226

    @gianodelvecchio7226

    4 жыл бұрын

    ALF Raydough Tf you talking about yes french, British and some of the Italian cars are shit but other european cars are wayyyyy better than American.

  • @davidemmyg
    @davidemmyg3 жыл бұрын

    I have always heard my american friends describe their american cars as cheap to repair but seldom as reliable. American cars are also designed with a price and time period in mind.

  • @RMSTitanicWSL

    @RMSTitanicWSL

    Жыл бұрын

    That is one nice thing about my pickup--it is cheap to repair. I can't complain about reliability though--I've thoroughly abused it, and it's always gotten back home under its own power.

  • @tomasmalin
    @tomasmalin2 жыл бұрын

    That's a good point that people in Japan stay in their companies for a long time and the longer they work there, the better is their overall position. They may be more focused on long term survival of the company than on the yearly profit. Then there is GM which refused to fix the ignition switches at least in new cars, because it would affect short term profit.

  • @McCharlie
    @McCharlie3 жыл бұрын

    I’m as proud an American as any of us, but I owned two American cars and after many thousands of dollars in repairs and two near death experiences I was done. I own a Toyota, wife owns a Honda and we couldn’t be happier with them.

  • @kimi651

    @kimi651

    3 жыл бұрын

    But the Japanese say you have to use their engine oils, etc. As if they are in the business if making engine oils. They just love to profit from every point.

  • @linusNa

    @linusNa

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kimi651 look at apple and their charging cables same model and why shouldn't they do. They are a company nobody said they are the Best they are just better then americans 😂😂 like every other car maker

  • @Yautah

    @Yautah

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kimi651 simple, they ask you to use this one because its the one they tested, trust, and have reliable data on. Use anything else if you want, but dont complain after. Seems reasonable.

  • @cptchuff2741

    @cptchuff2741

    3 жыл бұрын

    Get a Ford, Jeep, or an old GM truck

  • @jplsgaming4582

    @jplsgaming4582

    3 жыл бұрын

    what cars if they are old that's stupid

  • @DavidM-zm5gz
    @DavidM-zm5gz4 жыл бұрын

    It's reliability... If Americans were to try to make them reliable then things would change

  • @Strawberry-12.

    @Strawberry-12.

    4 жыл бұрын

    David Mora we used to be known for reliability

  • @marcuscook5145

    @marcuscook5145

    4 жыл бұрын

    The reliability issue is directly related to cost cutting. Even then, American companies can still produce reliable cost-cut vehicles on occasion. They're usually crude leaf sprung vehicles with a cast iron pushrod engines and an industrial grade interior.... it's hard to mess that up.

  • @dave_riots

    @dave_riots

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Strawberry-12. We never were known for reliability. Where did you get that lie from?

  • @Strawberry-12.

    @Strawberry-12.

    4 жыл бұрын

    David I’m talking way back like 40s

  • @dave_riots

    @dave_riots

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Strawberry-12. Those cars rarely ever survived to 100,000 miles.

  • @TalesOfWar
    @TalesOfWar2 жыл бұрын

    There's a reason practically every private hire taxi in the UK is a Toyota. They're crazy reliable.

  • @DickPeter-bl1cf

    @DickPeter-bl1cf

    4 ай бұрын

    Cough cough toyota 3 cylinder failure after 30,000 miles

  • @redemptionjack4657

    @redemptionjack4657

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@DickPeter-bl1cfgermna car falling apart cough cough.

  • @FlipOver
    @FlipOver2 жыл бұрын

    In Portugal there is a saying: FORD = Fabrico Ordinário Reparações Diárias (Cheaply built, daily repairs)

  • @ursinodepeluche

    @ursinodepeluche

    2 жыл бұрын

    Na Alemanha, tem provérbios semelhantes. Algo que se fala é: “Ford kaufen, Ford fahren, fortwerfen (se compra um Ford, se conduz o Ford, e se deita/joga fora)”.

  • @mph20000

    @mph20000

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Canada we have a saying: FORD : Found On Road Dead

  • @PGG4RC14

    @PGG4RC14

    2 жыл бұрын

    Here in the US, Ford stands for Fix Or Repair Daily

  • @pedrolucasmiranda6943

    @pedrolucasmiranda6943

    2 жыл бұрын

    In Brazil there ins't a saying, but Fords here are just trash like in every corner of the planet. Just the ones built between 60s and 90s were good, besides that everything is poorly builted

  • @UwUchimkin

    @UwUchimkin

    2 жыл бұрын

    F******* Obviously R*tarded Design is another good one.

  • @stickynorth
    @stickynorth3 жыл бұрын

    2019: "Will make 2008 look like a picnic..." 2020: "Hold my beer..."

  • @JB-yb4wn

    @JB-yb4wn

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for that comment somewhere.

  • @melluzi

    @melluzi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JB-yb4wn 2021 yet to come.

  • @theviking363

    @theviking363

    3 жыл бұрын

    Love it now let go of my beer!!! Hahaha

  • @goldenglobe961

    @goldenglobe961

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@melluzi But bad year is just 2020 isn't it!

  • @melluzi

    @melluzi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@goldenglobe961 Quite sure 2021 will be worse. And globally there won't be major improvements for at least 2 - 3 more years.

  • @percivalgooglyeyes6178
    @percivalgooglyeyes61783 жыл бұрын

    American management is short sighted and is rewarded on "maximizing stockholders equity" in short term 90 day cycles, and is how they themselves are rewarded with their stock options and other compensation. The bean counters dominate the engineers. So unless there is a massive change in this regard, the quality of American vehicles with continue to decline.

  • @charleslindsay3201

    @charleslindsay3201

    3 жыл бұрын

    yes it's all about the bonus

  • @tulsaguy9963

    @tulsaguy9963

    3 жыл бұрын

    What about high labor and regulatory costs?

  • @Jasuta123

    @Jasuta123

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see you Apple..keep milking customer and will end up like US car maker ...

  • @inwalters

    @inwalters

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tulsaguy9963 has nothing to do with it. Foreign companies operate in the same environment and do it better. The problem is this [I think this was from Jack Ma] - to succeed a company needs to take care of it's customers first, employees second and shareholders last. In General US companies operate in exactly the opposite order. Quit trying to blame the employees or the government. put the blame where it belongs - on greedy and stupid managment.

  • @richardeast3328

    @richardeast3328

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@inwalters I've read somewhere back that one of the reasons that the Japanese really started making inroads into the US market was management. Toyota had three levels, while GM had seven. I'm sure at one of those GM's management levels were occupied by son-in-laws, nephews and a close friend's son that really weren't needed, but probably could play a mean round of golf.

  • @robertmahler8894
    @robertmahler88943 жыл бұрын

    I am an American, and the last time I owned an American-made car was in 1982, and now after owning German, Japanese and American cars, I find that owning a Japanese-made car Is the best way to go.

  • @RandomGuy9

    @RandomGuy9

    2 жыл бұрын

    They have the perfect balance of price and quality.

  • @magicheats8291

    @magicheats8291

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's why Japanese car brands dominate worldwide

  • @TheFoodieCutie
    @TheFoodieCutie Жыл бұрын

    In Flint Michigan they had one of the largest automotive manufacturing plants in the world called Buick City for almost a century and it was gutted and completely demolished in the 90s. Thousands of people lost their jobs, good jobs. The city itself is still reeling from GM abandoning it and the whole water crisis is still ongoing because the economy has not recovered.

  • @morilec469
    @morilec4693 жыл бұрын

    In German, the similar thing to Kaizen is called "kontinuierlicher Verbesserungsprozess". And the plot twist of this story is, that this principle was created by an American: William Edwards Deming. US Automakers successfully ignored his research :D

  • @roboticvenom1935

    @roboticvenom1935

    3 жыл бұрын

    And yet Germans cars are unreliable like BMW producing some of the worst cars even like m5, 8 series, etc.

  • @heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613

    @heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@roboticvenom1935 Many Americans seem to misunderstand german cars. Your BMW our Audi will never be as reliable and cheap as a Toyota or as tough as an American Pickup, but that isn't the focus. BMW and Mercedes are luxury cars, aiming at providing you the maximum amount of fun and comfort. Compared to Toyota or Honda they dont think about what you have to give the consumer a better product for the same amount of money, because if you buy a BMW or Mercedes you have to expect that all these futuristic features will cost a lot in maintenance. Yet I see so many Americans crying about how much they cost and how often they have to repair their cars. If you are bothered by the repair costs, you shouldnt own a luxury car in the first place. Its luxury, its for people who aren't bothered by money and just want to spend their money.

  • @Hotlog69

    @Hotlog69

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613 You're acting like these so called German luxury cars are failing due to lack of maintenance and Americans just can't handle it. BMW, MB, Audi, they're all built to feel and look amazing and last until the warranty is up. Things that fail on these cars aren't maintenance items. Oil seals that fail deep in the engine, VANOS, ABC and leaks galore says otherwise.

  • @roboticvenom1935

    @roboticvenom1935

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613 And yet Lexus utterly destroys Audi, BMW, and Mercedes in reliability. Furthermore, Audi is a bit better then BMW. So it's not all luxury manufacturers are bad and this is something that we can't achieve, it's that "German engineering" has just failed in this regard. Sad truth honestly

  • @CadillacFan77

    @CadillacFan77

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@heinrichmirgrautsvordir6613 One can buy other luxury cars such as Lexus (in particular), Jaguar even Volvo and have much less problems than with ABM. Hell, I would even say Cadillac is more reliable (but not quite on par in terms of tech) than ABM. And this is common sense here in Europe too, just check out older ABM highend models on mobile.de or similar, the prices ask speak for itself. Nobody want's an older German luxury car, as it will break your wallet in repairs.

  • @gordonhowell9701
    @gordonhowell97013 жыл бұрын

    Nothing new here - I have been hearing permutations of the same basic themes for over 35 years. The structural fabric of the American industry is flawed and there is little hope of correcting it without widespread deep rooted understanding of the issues, not just in management but throughout the culture of the company. The first day I went to work for GM in 1987 I drove up in my Nissan. Car got vandalised in the car park that day, and the next day my boss told me to change cars. Switched to a chevette which was without doubt the worst car I ever owned and dramatically poorer than the Nissan in every respect. But it is easier to crap on foreign cars, impose tariffs, fight regulations and ignore obvious quality differences than actually putting in the work to change. Pride and stupidity is a dangerous combination.

  • @EarlFaulk

    @EarlFaulk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that doesnt surprise me at all. A lot of idiots back then bought into the Buy American propaganda. At the same time those companies were outsourcing everything. Ceos like Roger Smith probably laughed their asses off about that swindle til they died

  • @TotallyNotASpy1

    @TotallyNotASpy1

    2 жыл бұрын

    You got your car vandalized just because it wasn't an American plastic coffin? That's... Wow.

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    This video is the most INACCURATE video on KZread. Everybody in America Drives HELLCAT SRT, 392 SCAT, DEMON, ZL1 Camaro, ANY Corvette After 2015, Mustang GT's. Average American Muscle will DUST ANY EURO CAR

  • @TotallyNotASpy1

    @TotallyNotASpy1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackEgypt 'Murica

  • @BlackEgypt

    @BlackEgypt

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TotallyNotASpy1 lol 😂None of the Europeans wanted to Argue anymore once I said SRTHellcat 1000HP 😂😂😂

  • @anthonyxuereb792
    @anthonyxuereb7923 жыл бұрын

    I question that Ford was bailed out by the US government during GFC, I remember hearing that to its credit, Ford managed the crises on its own. Chrysler also to its credit, managed to re finance it's government loan and was able to repay it well ahead of time, nice going. I stand to be corrected.

  • @marekbystriansky2220
    @marekbystriansky22202 жыл бұрын

    I prefer japanese cars but crown vic... Damn i love these cars. They look beautiful and they last long. Ive seen one with over 500k miles with some repairs and runs flawlessly

  • @kensmechanicalaffair

    @kensmechanicalaffair

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'd still buy one in a heartbeat.

  • @RT22-pb2pp

    @RT22-pb2pp

    2 жыл бұрын

    Add up fuel cost over time you are just throwing money away, my camry rides better lasts longer and cost less to drive. Again japanese.look out 10 yrs Americans look out 1 yr.

  • @tcs07d

    @tcs07d

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@RT22-pb2pp idk about last longer I've seen Crown Vics take bullets and still run, we all seen them run through a wall and still run. Gas mileage on the other yeah you definitely will need to take out a mortgage.

  • @RT22-pb2pp

    @RT22-pb2pp

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tcs07d not talking bullets but mileage, crown Victoria ice good but camry is better look at reports from long term tests. Crown is best american car in last 30 yrs but camry lady's linger and costs less to do it. But hats off to crown Victoria best american car for reliability by a mile.

  • @MrOiram46

    @MrOiram46

    2 жыл бұрын

    crown vics are also the iconic poster car of cop cars, they have an imposing impression

  • @mikec.4343
    @mikec.43433 жыл бұрын

    I grew up in a union household. Always taught to "buy American". As an adult in my own home, I grew tired of costly repairs, being stranded, and bumming rides to work, thanks to whatever American car I owned at the time. Switched to Honda ten years ago and have been Brand loyal ever since.

  • @petelee2477

    @petelee2477

    3 жыл бұрын

    Focus on the product not the brand. Just because todays hondas are good doesn't mean they won't degrade in quality in the future and when they do switch

  • @achristian7015

    @achristian7015

    3 жыл бұрын

    One of my students once told me "I'd be more than happy to buy an American car, but I am not going to spend $10,000 of my hard earned money on junk". That was in 1980. I didn't listen, bought a new American car and 17 months later sold it. Since then, just Asian cars.

  • @VNCTHE1

    @VNCTHE1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've never bought any American car, always drove Honda/Toyota/Nissan products...I finally boight an American car, 2 infact for me and my wife and I'm never looking back...I was a hardcore Japanese car fan but Tesla is on a completely different level, ICE is in the past.

  • @achristian7015

    @achristian7015

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Saint Fifty One That was then and this is now. I still won't buy an American vehicle from the big three. I refuse to be a guinea pig or tester of their cars and certainly not with my money. They had some good ones and many bad ones. Asian cars produced in the US don't have those issues. Design and quality control helps.

  • @achristian7015

    @achristian7015

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VNCTHE1 You bought into the Tesla Kool-Aid. I take it you really think they are "clean" cars. Ever wonder how electricity or batteries are produced.

  • @CrimsonFox36
    @CrimsonFox363 жыл бұрын

    My mom's Honda Accord was 20 years old before it finally gave up. Her Toyoda minivan has over 200k miles, and STILL going.

  • @mostbestjia627

    @mostbestjia627

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even ISIS buys Toyota, that tells something

  • @jplsgaming4582

    @jplsgaming4582

    3 жыл бұрын

    those are both japanese cars so?

  • @burny6666

    @burny6666

    3 жыл бұрын

    Up to last year, I still had a 2003 Toyota Echo I was using as a 2nd car. I had that car for 13 years, it NEVER broke down.

  • @sir_dreadlord_on_blitz7042

    @sir_dreadlord_on_blitz7042

    3 жыл бұрын

    20 years isnt that much. A Car from 2001 should be perfectly fine. My dad own a 2000 BMW 5 series and i get that in 1 or 2 years, and its absolutely fine, No Rust, No failure, No nothing

  • @KidSnatchhy

    @KidSnatchhy

    3 жыл бұрын

    my 1997 explorer has 217k miles

  • @carspiv
    @carspiv3 жыл бұрын

    Ralph Wanger wrote in Squirrel Chatter about an early experience speaking with an executive for a US Auto manufacturer (unspecified company). Wanger commented on how clocks in their cars (this was around 1966) would stop working after only a couple of months. He said that it gave the impression of shoddy quality. The executive replied that the cost for a “good” clock was double that for the clocks they were currently using. Using the “good” clocks would cut into the profit margin. The cost of the “good” clock to the carmaker would have been LESS THAN 10 DOLLARS. I had a 1973 Pontiac Lemans that, by the time I got rid of it in 1983, had practically disintegrated. First came body rot behind the rear wheels, necessitating boards in the trunk to prevent things from falling out. Then BOTH windshields started to leak. My rear deck behind the back seats was warped. Finally, holes started to develop ON TOP of the rear quarter panels. Oh, and if I was really careful, I might be able to squeeze out 10 MPG. GM deserves bankruptcy and oblivion.

  • @sebastiantschatordai

    @sebastiantschatordai

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wow, that's just embarassing!

  • @haserotmalach7324
    @haserotmalach73242 жыл бұрын

    Almost 18 years living in the US and have had a few Lincoln Town Cars that aren't made anymore. These were built on the Panther platform and are very reliable vehicles but, unfortunately, these Panther cars (Lincoln Town Car, Mercury Grand Marquis and the Ford Crown Victoria) were replaced by the now also defunct MKS and Taurus which aren't as nearly as reliable. I still drive an old Town Car but if I had to buy a new car I'd pick something made by Honda or Toyota without blinking an eye.

  • @gracien2008

    @gracien2008

    2 жыл бұрын

    That reliable panther platform was like a TIMEX watch. The Very Last Crown Vic was actually delivered to a customer in Suadi Arabia! You couldn't "give" me an American car now :)

  • @joskjj3625

    @joskjj3625

    2 жыл бұрын

    What about Hyundai,Kia and Mazda? They make reliable cars too not just Toyota and Honda

  • @haserotmalach7324

    @haserotmalach7324

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joskjj3625 Mazda is ok but Hyundai and Kia aren't quite there yet.

  • @byronchavarria4954

    @byronchavarria4954

    2 жыл бұрын

    Honda Is Trash Unreliable

  • @byronchavarria4954

    @byronchavarria4954

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joskjj3625 Tesla Reliable Too

  • @anshuldwivedi1919
    @anshuldwivedi19193 жыл бұрын

    A good friend of mine used to work at GM. He always said that there can't be a worst company to work for & that the management sucked.

  • @superfly19751

    @superfly19751

    3 жыл бұрын

    They want to compete with Tesla lol 😆 I honestly hope Tesla lighted a fire under their asses to get them going. But in reality They will probably continue to pump out shitty products. You can’t change the culture with the same management. Their president has been there since the 80s. Good grief!!

  • @Jaret7040

    @Jaret7040

    3 жыл бұрын

    As someone who works for a parts supplier for GM, even being upstream from them sucks as far as work goes.

  • @BadEconomyOfficial

    @BadEconomyOfficial

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@superfly19751

  • @jplsgaming4582

    @jplsgaming4582

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its a damn car company

  • @ChrisPhails

    @ChrisPhails

    3 жыл бұрын

    As another former employee, I agree with your friend. It sucked to work there and it was hard to leave because their technology and management practices are awful and no one else really wants them.

  • @samanthanorris3344
    @samanthanorris33443 жыл бұрын

    Video: why do american cars suck? KZread: perfect time for a ford ad!

  • @recoveringnewyorker2243

    @recoveringnewyorker2243

    3 жыл бұрын

    TWO MORE PAPERBACK SALES of book one! ANOTHER 2 E-BOOK (book one) sales as of today! Book one deals with my life growing up as a welfare kid in the Bronx, my days in auto mechanics school,  and the corruption I saw in the auto repair field! Eight more E-books sold as of Oct 26th and 30th 2020! Thank you whoever you are! My newest podcast! Give a listen!Well , someone (I don’t know who) has read all 4 of my books in 4 days on KDP!  That’s 1,000+ words! In my 4 book series ”All in a DAZE work” I expose the dark underside of the vehicle service industry, the vehicle production industry, and the steady decline of the American work ethic since World War II.  27 five ⭐️ reviews (28 if we count the one from the UK! 🇬🇧) for the series so far. A very special THANK YOU to my passengers ,clients , FB friends , and soon to be FB friends who bought my book series! [mailchi.mp/5f166af5cfce/shepperd](mailchi.mp/5f166af5cfce/shepperd)  www.buzzsprout.com/757583/6038803?fbclid=IwAR3YlE8twPtqlEnHaqtbVL0Eso_PNx9HDhyfPgqdJic-EDneSY9afG0axvY

  • @thegeekatl4151

    @thegeekatl4151

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ha!😂😂😂

  • @ishidan01

    @ishidan01

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got a GM ad instead. And you attracted a spammer in the deal.

  • @colintang3910

    @colintang3910

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ishidan01 i got a Genesis ad! Korea is entering the quality market! (sad that cheap import cars like the Mercedes GLA, Toyota Corolla and Kia Forte are built better than even the more expensive american cars)

  • @victorhugofranciscon7899

    @victorhugofranciscon7899

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got a Honda one

  • @livanoguerrero1525
    @livanoguerrero15252 жыл бұрын

    The disregard for compact, efficient, low gas users and low cost vehicles, for decades, left the U.S. car industry uncompetitive un the world market and at Home.

  • @indianboy0453

    @indianboy0453

    2 жыл бұрын

    And it's bound to happen again. Now that ford and gm are out of the compact sedan market altogether, just wait till the next financial crisis renders these "fuel efficient" trucks and SUVs expensive to run.

  • @alexojideagu

    @alexojideagu

    2 жыл бұрын

    They do in the UK where Ford is huge but totally different cars

  • @Thimo98
    @Thimo98 Жыл бұрын

    I was going to comment on the popularity of the Ford Fiesta in Europe, but I didn't realize it was manufactured in Germany. It's known around here as a very reliable, efficient, and stylish car. And it was the best selling hatchback for a while.

  • @kb4903

    @kb4903

    10 ай бұрын

    Ford in Europe is very different to USA ford. They feel European in design and style. Quality. I love my fiesta.

  • @gilgabro420
    @gilgabro4204 жыл бұрын

    "Build better cars" that makes me proud. :)

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    4 жыл бұрын

    My all time favorite 🇩🇪 BMW M5 competition 🇩🇪

  • @ClaireYunFarronXIII

    @ClaireYunFarronXIII

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@CuriousReason Mine too!

  • @kreizmann2943

    @kreizmann2943

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CuriousReason why not Mercedes-Benz E63s AMG?

  • @SZUSEast1

    @SZUSEast1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kreizmann2943 BMW is sport luxury Mercedes Benz is luxury sport. I'm assuming hes make and men are more for function and performance over interior design. Interior design is much more a female oriented selling point. It's why Ferraris are much more coveted by women and Lamborghini by men. Ferraris are pretty but Lambos are fast. Wome. Have heavily influenced the car market.

  • @Alverant

    @Alverant

    3 жыл бұрын

    But that costs money and those executive bonuses have to come from somewhere.

  • @dshoec
    @dshoec3 жыл бұрын

    In the US you have a top down structure: 5 board members that make all of the decisions. In Japan you have a bottom up structure: every employee is involved in the decisionmaking process and is encouraged and even rewarded for finding faults and making recommendations. The bottom up structure is light years better but many companies choose the top down because of more money and power for the top Executives in the short term.

  • @TheChill001

    @TheChill001

    3 жыл бұрын

    not entirely true. They also have top down, but they have a counterbalance with a bottom up. Decisions go from top to bottom and consultations and opinions from the bottom up. They also simply have a different philosophy in regards to how to make decisions from the top down, not just by thinking "this will make money", but "this is what people want".

  • @punothebear

    @punothebear

    3 жыл бұрын

    Michael Moore interviewed the president of General Motors and asked why they didn't make cars that people wanted. He was told that they told the people what they were supposed to want.

  • @arthdenton

    @arthdenton

    3 жыл бұрын

    Teslas are American cars and they don't suck. We bought a Model 3 more than 2 years ago and are about to take delivery of a Model Y. Also pre-ordered a Cybertruck. The Mod 3 is the best car I've ever driven so far. Not just owned but driven.

  • @senbassador

    @senbassador

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@punothebear yeah, that strategy made a lot more sense before the internet got invented; back when some Dan Draper character could make a slick ad when we only had like 10 channels.

  • @Nawa11YT

    @Nawa11YT

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s more about the leadership changing a lot. Not the way the company’s decisions are made.

  • @makatkplt
    @makatkplt2 жыл бұрын

    Because Americans who had a 9th grade education thought they were worth $100/hr working on an assembly line and the Unions who stoked the fire.

  • @leesweets4110
    @leesweets41103 жыл бұрын

    I imagine any monopoly stops caring about being the best pretty quick.

  • @jasmenloke4473

    @jasmenloke4473

    2 жыл бұрын

    Intel ;)

  • @stephenhill8790
    @stephenhill87903 жыл бұрын

    Americas do tend to be patriots for home made stuff even if it is not as good as imports and this tends to lead the US corprations exploiting them

  • @quagmirewarrior4202

    @quagmirewarrior4202

    3 жыл бұрын

    If that was true, places like Walmart and Target would go out of business. Their merchandise are mostly from foreign countries. And American car companies are quickly losing ground because they don't believe the customers are always right anymore. Instead, they listen to what the government wants. I bought a new Mazda because American car manufacturers don't listen to me.

  • @honkhonk8009

    @honkhonk8009

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but even americans have a breaking point with american car brands. Only reason to buy one is because they feel uniquely home grown, but thats it. I wish GM would make a comeback.

  • @parkjimin-standkb-62

    @parkjimin-standkb-62

    3 жыл бұрын

    100% true

  • @EarlFaulk

    @EarlFaulk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I bought a 03 Taurus that started falling apart at 40k miles. Never again buying another American crapbox

  • @johnsalchichon3605

    @johnsalchichon3605

    2 жыл бұрын

    I see way more toyotas and hondas here than i see american cars

  • @jamestouchesgrass3410
    @jamestouchesgrass34103 жыл бұрын

    you know it's bad when Chrysler gets bought out by the Italians

  • @Whitevaliant01

    @Whitevaliant01

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah. That was a marriage made in hell. How do Fiat even keep going?

  • @Harry_PP030

    @Harry_PP030

    3 жыл бұрын

    We had a 2001 Chrysler Sebring convertible. It looked great and drove like a dream but the costs for repairs..... not so great. We still miss it though...

  • @MuunNii

    @MuunNii

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Whitevaliant01 I hear that sentiment very often, but it's actually not been as bad of a deal as it appears. Especially now with the FCA (Fiat-Chrysler)-PSA (Peugeot) merger, the new company could actually become a really dominant force in the automobile industry, especially in producing electric vehicles for your average Joe. Additionally they'd have a power base in Europe, as well as the US. And with german manufacturers really (I mean really) faultering in recent times, especially Daimler and BMW, FCA-PSA brands could fill that vacuum. Its gonna be interesting for sure.

  • @jg3000

    @jg3000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fix It Again Tony.

  • @eightymopar

    @eightymopar

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not the 1st time they have made deals with the italians. Guess no one remembers the TC? And its funny really. Everyone talks about chrysler merging with this company or being bought by that company. You have to stop and think though, why would Mitsubishi partner with chrysler? Why did Maserati? Why was diamler interested? Why did fiat want to buy them? Clearly, these car companies want something chrysler has, and as opposed to letting them dying they bought or merged with them. If chrysler was as bad as everyone makes them out to be, these high end companies would want nothing to do with them. Dont forget, fiat also owns Maserati, ferrari, lancia and alfa romeo. Daimler, obviously Mercedes as well as maybach and medium and heavy duty trucks. Now why would they want to be invested in a "terrible american company" when they already have such exclusive portfolio as it is?

  • @terrycarter1137
    @terrycarter11372 жыл бұрын

    the major reason, and it's stated here when he talks about GM'S running of opal, is make the product as cheap as you can, and pay out when that cheap part breaks. they do this instead of generally taking some profits and invest in better manufacturing. that's why European and Japanese manufacturers do so well.

  • @Quasihamster
    @Quasihamster2 жыл бұрын

    "It's not about US versus Japan. It's because the US doesn't have Kaizen."

  • @Ambigious

    @Ambigious

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its more like Central europe vs eastern asia lol No one cares about american cars

  • @glowtail3744

    @glowtail3744

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean when trump was screaming at Germany and Japan my brain went: "You are shouting at 2 countries that are known for their engineering if course they will say build better cars"

  • @LilFish0
    @LilFish03 жыл бұрын

    “Make better cars” best roast in history.

  • @questionyourself718

    @questionyourself718

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, germans are pretty proud of the cars they made

  • @johncherish7610

    @johncherish7610

    3 жыл бұрын

    But 100% True

  • @NardoVogt

    @NardoVogt

    3 жыл бұрын

    @John Doe well, look into other European cars. The often overlooked ones. Skoda, Volvo - and Renault. Renault not as much for quality but for price/quality ratio

  • @questionyourself718

    @questionyourself718

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Pizza77 Jones japan makes several phones people buy. Evee heard of Sony? And Germany just doesnt is interested in the Phone Market. There is no Tech Company in Germany, big enough to engeneer their own Smartphone. Germany has enough other Markets and Branches where they are Marker Leader.

  • @questionyourself718

    @questionyourself718

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Pizza77 Jones you are confusing an excuse with facts.

  • @pyrophobia133
    @pyrophobia1333 жыл бұрын

    by killing off their sedans, GM is going to drive themselves into a corner

  • @arturoescorcia

    @arturoescorcia

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same as Ford

  • @jimd2101

    @jimd2101

    3 жыл бұрын

    GM killed themselves back in the 80s by making cheaper crappy cars especially front wheel drive ..I have talked to more people that drive Japanese cars cause they had a crappy Chevy Citation or front wheel drive oldsmobile and they had a lot of problems so they started to buy Toyotas and Honda....So There !!!!!

  • @jimd2101

    @jimd2101

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Cool Canuck they killed themselves back in the 80s with those crappy front wheel drive cars....Chevy Cavaliers ,Dodge Minivans ....they had transmission and other problems Ford Taurus were crap....that's why people drive Japanese cars....its true

  • @hashiramasenju6058

    @hashiramasenju6058

    3 жыл бұрын

    They killed themselves when they tried to prioritize profitability over quality of their products. I'm an American and like 90% of people I know would never buy an American car.

  • @zay2xf314

    @zay2xf314

    3 жыл бұрын

    @European God Mann I swear the Grand Prix might be the most reliable car to date.

  • @robmcgowan4034
    @robmcgowan40342 жыл бұрын

    "Always aiming for the short-term profit" sums things up in one sentence for the American auto industry, until the day it'll be just GONE.

  • @sebastiantschatordai

    @sebastiantschatordai

    2 жыл бұрын

    That reminds me of that one scene in South Park. "Aaaaaaaand it's gone." 😂

  • @mariomario7379
    @mariomario73792 жыл бұрын

    After having 2 Fords have transmission issues in a few short years, I never went back. My Hyundai I’ve had for 4 years is still running like the day I bought it. Toyota is really good too.

  • @WJCTechyman

    @WJCTechyman

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hyundai had major engine problems as of late.

  • @mariomario7379

    @mariomario7379

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@WJCTechyman just like Nissan as of late, but I'm driving a slightly older model. No issues in 4 years. Still, I live in a huge city. I've yet to see a Hyundai, Toyota, or Honda broken down on the side of the freeway. I see Dodge, and Fords constantly though. At work, my coworker constantly has to work on his Chevy truck. There's a problem every other week with it. It's just not a good look when you're spending so much on it.

  • @ward9832
    @ward98323 жыл бұрын

    GM: kills the 3.8 V6 Kills Saturn Kills Pontiac Kills oldsmobile Kills iconic cars like the trans am,Buick grand national etc "WhY DoNt wE havE HiGher MarKet ShaRes?!?!"

  • @misterbuklau4053

    @misterbuklau4053

    3 жыл бұрын

    3.8l is the most reliable engine GM has ever made kind of a shame they killed off Pontiac and Oldsmobile both of those brands were able to sell MILLIONS of cars and oldsmobile is one of the oldest car brands, pontiac was pretty old too

  • @ukaszProstacki9

    @ukaszProstacki9

    3 жыл бұрын

    Managed to get SAAB, completely fucked it up immediately and killed it

  • @gregrowe1168

    @gregrowe1168

    3 жыл бұрын

    Never understood why they kept Buick but not Pontiac. Buick was the least cool brand. They made the boring old people’s cars just like Oldsmobile.

  • @Szpagin

    @Szpagin

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@gregrowe1168 Buick sells like crazy in China.

  • @workingshlub8861

    @workingshlub8861

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@misterbuklau4053 3.8 and 4.3 were best v6 motors GM ever made....the LS motors are good but the rest of the truck leaves something to be desired..

  • @07krutons
    @07krutons3 жыл бұрын

    The Americans wouldn’t listen to Dr Deming, and the Japanese did.

  • @richardfewer9348

    @richardfewer9348

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks yes Amen

  • @kickofftheboot

    @kickofftheboot

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking of what my college Statistics professor told us about “total quality management “ and how Dr. Demings tried to pitch it to Detroit and was shot down. Low and behold Japan was struggling to recover from the war and employed Dr. Demings to help their manufacturing companies. 30 years later Japanese manufacturing was growing a reputation of far better quality. 30 years after that we Americans still won’t get it. No more bailouts they deserve to go bankrupt.

  • @JJG86

    @JJG86

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do they have a UAW In Japan?

  • @mrincredible8623

    @mrincredible8623

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JJG86 no but they do have strong unions in japan as well

  • @spaceman081447

    @spaceman081447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Andrew Cummins RE: "The Americans wouldn’t listen to Dr Deming, and the Japanese did." Unfortunately, most Americans don't know who William Edwards Deming was - and wouldn't care even if they did.

  • @collinbranzell1476
    @collinbranzell14762 жыл бұрын

    I’ve got a 2005 Buick (GM) that admittedly I still love to this day. I’ve also got a 2003 Honda CRV that has been equally great to me, albeit with fewer miles on the trip. I would say their maintenance needs have been about the same over the years. Neither stand out as more problematic than the other and I’ve been happy with both. That said I greatly appreciate this video emphasizing the differences in management styles being a notable cause for deficiency. Always an opinion I’ve had but (at the risk of confirmation bias) it’s nice to see what looks like solid evidence to support that. Thanks for your time and work!

  • @CF-bg3jd

    @CF-bg3jd

    Ай бұрын

    Is the Buick a LeSabre?

  • @BadYossa
    @BadYossa2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting and informative presentation. I really enjoyed the nuance of the graphics - kudos mate

  • @liveinthesky3118
    @liveinthesky31183 жыл бұрын

    I worked for CarMax and they follow the Kaizen model. That's why they're so far ahead of other used car dealerships. They're always improving something, even when it was not broken.

  • @JatinSanghvi1
    @JatinSanghvi13 жыл бұрын

    Japan: Let us make better cars. USA: Let me make more money.

  • @jplsgaming4582

    @jplsgaming4582

    3 жыл бұрын

    no one cares

  • @TraustiGeir

    @TraustiGeir

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jplsgaming4582 You clearly do.

  • @TheChill001

    @TheChill001

    3 жыл бұрын

    Japan: We make a profit now USA: wait, were's my money?

  • @JaeyTarg

    @JaeyTarg

    3 жыл бұрын

    GERMANY= let's make unreliable cars and make more money. Genius!

  • @latexamy

    @latexamy

    3 жыл бұрын

    France: let's try something different. Germany: the new golf/911 must look like the one we had 10 years ago but it must be more expensive. America: other countries have as large flat roads as we have right? Japan: let's make well engineered cars which are terribly bad looking. Italy: Let's make cars with incredible design which are absolutely uncomfortable for everyday driving.

  • @gbcintl
    @gbcintl2 жыл бұрын

    Simply because it focused mainly on cup holders rather than the vehicle itself.

  • @Leptospirosi

    @Leptospirosi

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Our models are not selling well boss!" "I've told you to add more cup holders!"

  • @happyflygon8096
    @happyflygon80963 жыл бұрын

    1995 Monte Carlo Z34 in 2021, at 218K miles: Rusty, NEVER fixed, constant check engine, third EGR valve in 3 years, cost 4500 currently (including purchase), 2 months after purchase had spent 2500 on it total, and was parked as the suspension needed to be fixed urgently. 2003 Honda Accord LX in 2021, at 245K miles: Rusty, but solid mechanically cost 1600 1 month after purchase total. Currently, the only issue is the belt tensioner, which is a 30 min job VS the near hour it likely would take the Monte. .......This video checks out.

  • @tlreclipse1126
    @tlreclipse11263 жыл бұрын

    2020 has entered the chat. These days the only thing American Auto Manufactures are good at building is Debt.

  • @jplsgaming4582

    @jplsgaming4582

    3 жыл бұрын

    shut up

  • @rawnature8148

    @rawnature8148

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are great at taking federal handouts.

  • @quangthanhta608

    @quangthanhta608

    3 жыл бұрын

    tesla

  • @Doso777

    @Doso777

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@quangthanhta608 Look at the numbers a bit closer. Their profit is not coming directly from selling cars and services. The quality of Teslas is still sometimes well... yeah.

  • @bolt5564

    @bolt5564

    3 жыл бұрын

    Every automaker had some money problems in the beginning of 2020.

  • @RustyDust101
    @RustyDust1013 жыл бұрын

    Just a little background info: my brother's father-in-law worked at Opel since the late 1950's until the late 1990's as a production line supervisor / Bandeinrichter in Rüsselsheim, Germany, the German HQ of Opel. For all of his time at work with Opel, GM actively forbade both Opel and Vauxhall from exporting their cars to the USA, so as to not endanger their American market shares. Opel for example was actively limited to selling ONLY in the European market directly by the GM management. This continued until GM sold Opel. He told us when he left work at around 67 that Opel had this revolutionary idea of putting together an essentially electric car with an on-board generator to power the electric engine when the batteries were low. This was in essence a hybrid car, but with a somewhat different approach than Toyota took with the Prius. He also told us, that it took roughly seven years until this concept car had been finalized and was proposed to the GM management roughly in 2003 or 2004. It was called the Ampera. While it did not have the fuel efficiency of a full combustion engine, it did drive fully electric at any speeds its electric motors were designed for. The answer by GM: "Who wants electric cars when gasoline is so cheap? Build something different and shelve that design. No, you can't build the production lines for that car as that will be too great of a cost for a car nobody wants." Along came the stock market crash and the financial crisis of 2008, and the incentive of the German government to get older, fuel inefficient cars off the road. Preferably by buying hybrid cars, incentivized by a 3000 € subsidy, for the whole year of 2009. Millions of older cars were sold and taken off the market, and millions newer hybrid cars were sold in one year. Mostly Toyotas (BTW: I got my Prius back then, because I had no real alternative for a standard hatchback at the time. If Opel had had the Ampera on the market, I'd have definitely got one then!). Cue Opel's request to build those cars from the GM management in 2009. GM's answer "Why didn't you build those cars before? We could have made an insane profit with them in the European market?!? You are so bad at business!" Opel's answer: "We tried to tell you roughly four years ago. It will now take roughly two to three years to get this car approved and the lines set up, and to get enough production going to supply the market." GM's answer: "Here, have some pocket change, and two shoe strings, and build a new factory!" Cue an American entrepreneur, and Musk's huge fortune in the background powering a startup. Added to that Musk's charming personality and his ability to sell absolutely BS products with so many flaws that have to be addressed by regular software updates. Without selling CO2 shares Tesla would be bankrupt without external input of capital within a year due to its inability to build a single car even at cost, much less at profit. Yet everybody touts his electric battery concept as new and revolutionary. Along comes 2018, and Opel is chucked off by GM to the Renault group. Finally the updated Ampera with the standard 2018 features is allowed on the market and makes a killing. Lesson learned: short term profits don't work in car companies. Especially when those profits don't go into investments for the future of the company, but instead into the pockets of the shareholders.

  • @daitedve1984

    @daitedve1984

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Who wants electric cars when gasoline is so cheap?" Even NOW I would say the same. Oil is cheap, LiIon is NOT. Idiots jump on elec.cars, missing one unavoidable law: FIRST - you have to invent new way to produce/save electricity - this way must be a whole level up! And only SECOND - put this invention under bonnet of EV! So all this "let's drive eletricity" just a HYPE. Waste of consumers money for price of inconvenience. Related Opel itself, it was ALWAYS CRAP. At all times. Toyota, Honda, Ford, BMW, Merc... you could drive 'em forever. Opel - just box on wheels, where you burn money. No any sorry to their death.

  • @ravanpee1325

    @ravanpee1325

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@daitedve1984 You pay 1.35 € for a liter diesel or 1.55 for a liter gasoline here. It's not cheap

  • @Smokygrunt86

    @Smokygrunt86

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@daitedve1984 Opel isn’t dead, it’s been doing pretty good actually since it was sold to PSA, so maybe it’s about time you realize that it was GMs management what made Opel crap, since GM is the one that’s currently dying

  • @DSfull

    @DSfull

    3 жыл бұрын

    Renault group --> PSA (Peugot & Citroen)

  • @ron9320

    @ron9320

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@daitedve1984: Hi , I am a Mercedes guy who worked 35 years for the company. I can’t agree with you opinion. In the fifties and sixties Mercedes and BMW where rare luxury cars, Opel and Ford Germany where the for the middle class and Volkswagen and other long gone car makers were for the masses. So when you drove an Opel or Ford in those years you were not a big shot but you had made your way! But then GM made mistake after mistake until the brand suffered. This was widely discussed for years in Germany and every car guy knew this. So do not blame Opel for that.

  • @Arkiasis
    @Arkiasis3 жыл бұрын

    6:25 "next financial crisis will make 2008 look like a picnic" Oh boy it sure did. Chip shortage and Covid made car prices go insane.

  • @foxcat3177
    @foxcat31772 жыл бұрын

    My previous 3 cars before I got a Subaru in 2016 were all used GM vehicles. My word!! What a difference!! I'll never own a GM vehicle ever again!

  • @PKMNFan4664
    @PKMNFan46644 жыл бұрын

    1:52 GM is also leaving Australia. Holden failed.

  • @masterskengman6055

    @masterskengman6055

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rodney Milner R.I.P. Holden, yet another car brand ruined by Americans

  • @PKMNFan4664

    @PKMNFan4664

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@masterskengman6055 I'm American, and I must say, I don't exactly have a positive view of GM...

  • @patriciomunoz2830

    @patriciomunoz2830

    3 жыл бұрын

    Psa should buy it

  • @privatejoker9828

    @privatejoker9828

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep look at saab

  • @jamesmedina2062

    @jamesmedina2062

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@privatejoker9828 GM only know how to screw up any good company

  • @rnsdm5076
    @rnsdm50763 жыл бұрын

    My parents bought north American brands. My dad told me very young that this was a big mistake he made and told me that he hopes I never buy the garbage they sell here because they break down and are cheaply made. I followed his advice. I buy Korean cars and I have never had an issue.

  • @shadowwolfmandan

    @shadowwolfmandan

    3 жыл бұрын

    I won't fault you for buying Korean now, they do make very well built vehicles (driving dynamics are another story but that's personal preference). If you go back to when Hyundai first turned up in North America the cars were utter shite, but slowly got better.

  • @bolt5564

    @bolt5564

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well American cars are on general less reliable then some of their foreign counterparts it really depends on the model, if you want to know whether you're getting a good reliable car or not look at its consumer Reports reliability rating. For example the 2012 Kia Sorento has a below average reliability rating whereas the 2012 Chevy Volt has an above average reliability rating.

  • @matthewq4b

    @matthewq4b

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shadowwolfmandan Are you smoking crack. Korean cars are still crap, not to mention horrendously expensive to fix. Fricken parts for Mercedes are just as or less expensive.

  • @Bartonovich52

    @Bartonovich52

    3 жыл бұрын

    @ Matthew Matthewq Lol.. this is 2021 not 1986. ROTFLMFAO!!!

  • @Gnefitisis

    @Gnefitisis

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why Korean? Just go Japanese.

  • @kumarandisamy7468
    @kumarandisamy74683 жыл бұрын

    We should look at the fact that some of amazing Japanese cars were actually design by American research firm or japenese affiliate in America. But when comes to American home made cars it's disappointing. For me it's more to management. The real issue is incompetent American automobile executive

  • @eyyy2271

    @eyyy2271

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not incompetent, *greedy*

  • @Lizardman64

    @Lizardman64

    Ай бұрын

    @@eyyy2271 Right, they know exactly what they're doing.

  • @Shadobanned4life
    @Shadobanned4life3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting perspective. Thanks for sharing your ideas 🌞!

  • @tk9839
    @tk98393 жыл бұрын

    The most skilled engineers in the US all work for companies with military contracts...follow the money.

  • @FlyingArtz.

    @FlyingArtz.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats Sad if true

  • @nakternal

    @nakternal

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aerospace and Big tech. Americans have moved on, been there done that. We also happen to make superior weapons.😀

  • @draculemihawk6897

    @draculemihawk6897

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, get more engineers...and/or get German and Japanese engineers to train new engineers. Hyundai did it.

  • @nakternal

    @nakternal

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@draculemihawk6897 America doesn’t need to be trained on anything! We don’t care what you do what your about

  • @draculemihawk6897

    @draculemihawk6897

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nakternal Make better cars! I don't use weapons.🦸

  • @florianplack2973
    @florianplack29734 жыл бұрын

    Your writing and animating is on a whole other Level! Seriously! I'm surprised you don't have ten thousands of subscribers already!

  • @victorcapel2755
    @victorcapel27552 жыл бұрын

    Ford also consistantly failed to make a profit with Volvo, while Geely turn Volvo profitable 2 years after they bought it from Ford.

  • @justawhisperintheuniverse8257
    @justawhisperintheuniverse82572 жыл бұрын

    The management point is well-taken. People in (particularly) Asian countries expect long-term employment. Basically, once you get a job, you're set unless something truly catastrophic happens. Whereas in the US, people expect to move on to the next job almost as soon as they accept the present position. Taking the time to become excellent is underrated here and it shows in the products that we produce and how our businesses are run (with a few exceptions, of course.).

  • @majorpaindiaz

    @majorpaindiaz

    2 жыл бұрын

    👏🏾💯

  • @jimgraham6722
    @jimgraham67223 жыл бұрын

    Tesla is changing the equation, where I live in Australia, despite their cost, Model 3s are becoming quite common.

  • @kdrapertrucker

    @kdrapertrucker

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tesla is not known for their quality control, but they did innovate.

  • @michaeltoney2277

    @michaeltoney2277

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not if they don’t fix their quality issues.

  • @td23asus

    @td23asus

    3 жыл бұрын

    Indeed. Also GM is closing down Holden :/

  • @jimgraham6722

    @jimgraham6722

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@td23asus Yes, I still drive Holden Commodores and will do so as long as they are supported. For me it is an emotional thing, my great grandfather Edward Holden ran the company until it was sold to GM around 1936. He never made much running Holden Body Works and partly had to cash in to cover his retirement.

  • @td23asus

    @td23asus

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jimgraham6722 Wow thats a cool heritage

  • @zenniththefolf4888
    @zenniththefolf48883 жыл бұрын

    Europe and Japan: Good cars America: T R U C K S

  • @grodt88

    @grodt88

    3 жыл бұрын

    dude, imagine a 400 pound American trying to get inside Fiat 500

  • @ChickenC0re

    @ChickenC0re

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@grodt88 The Fiat 500 and the Mini Cooper have a surprising amount of seat movement. It makes it easy for big and tall drivers to get in. Try a Toyota Yaris or a Chevrolet Spark. Yikes.

  • @ZTwenty8SSR

    @ZTwenty8SSR

    3 жыл бұрын

    The best truck built in America is a Toyota.

  • @markpalkowski9673

    @markpalkowski9673

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@grodt88 yea and a 400 pound french man would fit?

  • @norbertderiro9458

    @norbertderiro9458

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@markpalkowski9673 The average French are not overweight. That's because of the baguette and frog legs

  • @colin1235421
    @colin12354212 жыл бұрын

    The problem is when you have to make money for shareholders - thats when a company is no longer about a good product. I am so tired of short warranties and things that keep breaking way before they should under reasonable circumstances - from cars, electric wall socket plugs in my house, plumbing fittings, electric heaters... Buying cheap is extremely expensive when you consider replacement + labor.

  • @tjonesauto
    @tjonesauto2 жыл бұрын

    1997 Saab 900! Change the clutch without removing the transmission I still love this machine. Dang it GM

  • @crustycobs2669
    @crustycobs26693 жыл бұрын

    I had a series of VW's and Hondas, but then someone had me 'Buy American'. I did. What a mistake.

  • @Bartonovich52

    @Bartonovich52

    3 жыл бұрын

    VW was what convinced me American wasn’t that bad in the first place. And my Honda has a class action lawsuit on the engine.

  • @FEGTTTSDH

    @FEGTTTSDH

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can buy american... but a V8 (Probably a v6 depends)or a Duramax or Cummins trucks... 4 CYL forget. The VW 1.4 N/A of my dad burns oil like MAD

  • @inertboi

    @inertboi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Bartonovich52 only if it's a VW from the Mexican plant. VWs in Europe are indestructible.

  • @CadillacFan77

    @CadillacFan77

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@inertboi VW indestructible? *laughts in European* Also, there are almost no German VWs anymore, built either in the East or in Mexico. Nobody in Europe buys a VW because of reliability, only because leasing rates are very good. People looking for reliable cars in Europe buy Japanese or Korean cars.

  • @inertboi

    @inertboi

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CadillacFan77 If your product can survive Balkan countries and Eastern Europe and run just fine after decades of abuse and neglect due to poverty and abysmal infrastructure as well as rough terrain in some places - well, I'd say you made a pretty darn good car. 'But that goes only for their older models'. Nope, they do make reliable cars nowadays too, otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them on the road now would there? Yes, Japanese cars are without doubt most reliable, most durable mechanically but claiming VWs aren't durable is just flat out dumb, if you'll excuse the expression. I'm not a VW fanboy (even though it probably seems so), I'm just stating how it is over here. In the last ~20 years in Eastern Europe Volkswagen's 1.9 TDI cars were what Toyota Camry/Corolla was in North America (and reliably continue to be so). Indestructible.

  • @mphaan
    @mphaan3 жыл бұрын

    This American problem is not only in the car industry. Its the same at a software company I worked for in the US. The only thing that mattered was sales. The quality of the software was bad but this was seen by virtually all of my US colleges as good because it would increase the support needed by the customer who needed to pay for support. Better quality meant less work for the support department so less profit. Convincing the company to increase the quality of the product felt like a crusade to me. As a European I was completely baffled by this. It felt like they had no pride for the product, only for their profit. Its a mindset that if not changed will destroy any and all industries because bad products simply don't sell. Not only American cars don't sell in Europe. Its hard to find any product from the US in Europe anymore. Radio's , cars, airplanes, televisions, refrigerators etc.

  • @nokiangage
    @nokiangage2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video and keep up the good work man 🍻

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, will do! Salute to you my man.

  • @geodavid51
    @geodavid512 жыл бұрын

    I worked for a company a few decades ago where short term profit and the monthly income-to-expense report were king. We would short change existing contract customers to do a paid service for a non-regular customer at the end of the month. Our managers who had good income-expense ratios got to hire more people; the ones who had poor ratios lost staff. If a district had lots of service calls it would rent help from a non-busy district. This resulted in busy district having poor ratios and losing staff while non-busy districts had great ratios and hired more, just the opposite of what was needed.

  • @victoria.9856
    @victoria.98563 жыл бұрын

    I've had ford, Chevy's and they were very unreliable from my experience. I traded in my ford expedition for a Toyota 4runner which I have to say is really reliable.

  • @jamesmedina2062

    @jamesmedina2062

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Ford will need some service every 20k miles and cost up to $500 right? That is not counting major warranty repairs huh...

  • @funnymakerboy4199

    @funnymakerboy4199

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂 my ford eco spoy(2 lakh km) I did.

  • @MrBigtime1986

    @MrBigtime1986

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm going the same route.

  • @pigtailsboy

    @pigtailsboy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately the further we support the foreign market the more capital leaks out of the country in support of outside industry. However since they are expected to behave like an extension of the nation and not a parasite, the money spent may be less likely to be funneled into executives and shareholders embrace.

  • @MrBigtime1986

    @MrBigtime1986

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pigtailsboy How many times do we have to keep getting kicked in the balls by the big three before we say no more? Their products are shit and they don't care about their customers. I've been dealing with their bullshit for over a decade and it just keeps getting worse and worse.

  • @niranjanr8075
    @niranjanr80754 жыл бұрын

    In India, people who want to buy quality car and not just A CAR, never talk abt American cars. Don’t even know they have American cars!

  • @ryanhuntrajput474

    @ryanhuntrajput474

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's all about European but mostly German cars when it comes to luxury cars in India basically audi, mercedes , Porsche or BMW and some people also buy land rovers, jaguars and rarely Bentley's and while when it comes to economy cars it's mostly Japanese brands toyata Suzuki honda and some native brands.

  • @niranjanr8075

    @niranjanr8075

    3 жыл бұрын

    RYAN HUNT RAJPUT yep exactly

  • @sierrachief117

    @sierrachief117

    3 жыл бұрын

    The the mass market buys only japanese(suzuki) and korean(hyundai/kia) no ther manufacturer dominates the Indian car market as much as these two.

  • @trumanadam7880

    @trumanadam7880

    3 жыл бұрын

    No one cares. Either Go drive your g-wiz or stop calling and scam me

  • @sierrachief117

    @sierrachief117

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@trumanadam7880 well, who cares about you mr. Important?

  • @ralfwasmund9656
    @ralfwasmund96563 жыл бұрын

    Well done. Great analysis.

  • @adrianseglenieks9309
    @adrianseglenieks93094 жыл бұрын

    Halfway through watching this I realised that you do not yet have millions of subscribers on your channel, yet your content is comparable, even better than that of say, Infographics.

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks :)

  • @angusloughor-clarke386

    @angusloughor-clarke386

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know much about this guy yet, however I do know that Infographics talks a lot of rubbish and their comments can be fake and plainly untrue. So, if he does not go down that road then he will always be better than them.

  • @adrianseglenieks9309

    @adrianseglenieks9309

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@angusloughor-clarke386 Yeah, it's ridiculous the amount of misinformation spread by Infographics.

  • @recoveringnewyorker2243
    @recoveringnewyorker22434 жыл бұрын

    Wait ‘til my book comes out! As an assembly line worker I have seen these problems up close and personal! My book is the blue-collar perspective of why “American cars suck“. It’s called “All in a Daze work” (The decline and fall of the American work ethic) by Leo Jacobson. Update! : I decided to market my book series and on my real name Shepperd November (yes, that’s my real name!)

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    4 жыл бұрын

    When its gonna come out? :)

  • @recoveringnewyorker2243

    @recoveringnewyorker2243

    4 жыл бұрын

    CuriousReason It’s at editing right now. I’m hoping to publish in the first quarter of 2020.

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait. I will make a reminder for that. :) good luck!

  • @recoveringnewyorker2243

    @recoveringnewyorker2243

    4 жыл бұрын

    CuriousReason Thanx. I hope it sells well. Not because I want to make “tons of money” (although that would be nice) but because I want to sound the alarm bells for a wake up call. My country (the U.S.) it’s on the threshold of a manufacturing renaissance. But we will never sustain it with the “Quarterly profits” (mgmt) or “That’s not my job!” (labor) attitude(s).

  • @CuriousReason

    @CuriousReason

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wish you best of luck! Go get 'em! :)

  • @fuffoon
    @fuffoon2 жыл бұрын

    I would have pitched a fit at this but its just plain true. I had always owned and driven American cars and then in Germany I rented a German Ford Mondeo station wagon and it drove like it was glued to the road. It made the handling of my Corvette look like a snot ball. It was not a powerful model but the comfort and handling of the German designed and produced Ford was unbelievable.

  • @atlascheethac7869
    @atlascheethac78692 жыл бұрын

    The best pick-up trucks in my opinion are the Toyota Hilux/Tekoma and the volkswagen Utility

  • @HelpmegetSubscriberswith-if9zk
    @HelpmegetSubscriberswith-if9zk3 жыл бұрын

    "The next recession will make the 2008 recession look like a joke" Me in November 2020: you have no idea Also Me: damn, even ISIS buys Toyota

  • @garethbaus5471

    @garethbaus5471

    3 жыл бұрын

    Of course, it is hard to commit atrocities or enforcing horrible backwards laws if your transportation doesn't reliably get you to the people you want to oppress.

  • @nicolascarey6330

    @nicolascarey6330

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you sure they paid

  • @MichaelSchmidt-ow3kb

    @MichaelSchmidt-ow3kb

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well, the see C Aye I eh A pays the bills.

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