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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index
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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (17668)2/23/2004 11:29:36 AM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
LOL! Oh Darfot you're really buzzing today. BTW I forgot to respond to something you posted earlier (alongside the "lazy americans" comment)

and i suppose you will buy a GM car instead of a Toyota since you think Americans are so smart.

Well, I may not buy a GM but I sure wouldn't buy a toyota. My next car will be a Daimler-Chrysler, does that count as American? I am waiting for a mercedes hybrid. Toyotas, as well as most japanese cars lost their luster in about 1988 for me. I'd sure as heck rather have a Jeep than a toyota. When was the last time a japanese car really defined a market? US makers created and continue to dominate the hugely successful minivan and SUV lines which defined the 90s. Lexus and infiniti have been moderately successful at claiming some high end share from BMW and Mercedes but in many cases those sales are at the expense of other toyota models.

You always know when someone brings up the tired japanese auto example there is a point they are trying to make wrt US productivity that hasn't been true for over 15 years. My father was in the car business (both US and japanese) so I know what Chrysler cars were like in the 70s vs. what they are today.
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