With GM and Chrysler just receiving their lifelines, I was wondering who on here plans to buy an American vehicle sometime in the near future. I'm in my 20's and I don't know anybody in my age range that's considering buying a Ford/Chevy/Chrysler/etc car anytime in their life, unless it's a Corvette or a pickup truck. I'm just not sure where they plan to find the sales that will push them to profitability without pulling something revolutionary out of their butts sometime soon.
Nope. It shall be one of them foreign wing wang wing wong cars. Just kidding I have no idea specifically what it'll be since this car is going to be my car throughout probably the rest of my college stay (a few more years to be precise), but given our family's love for Toyota/Lexus cars. I would say a Toyota is a likely choice given how sweet my '01 4Runner has been. Just a solid car. Can't ask for a lot more than bare minimum maintenance. Now if I could only find a woman like that! lawlz
Hell no. In fact, I want to stand in front of a Chevy dealership with a big sign that says, "I want my money back"
Short answer: Yes. Longer answer: My 17-year-old brother wants to buy my Chevy Colorado from me. I intend to replace it with and older, bare bones F-250 work truck. My old Honda will continue to be my daily driver.
I have a chevy now, and it's been every bit as dependable as my wife's toyota. FWIW. I will consider an american vehicle (car) next time around, but I better see signs of long term support. Also, I will consider the fact that not all of an American Car is made of American parts or assembled in America, and not all of Foreign cars are built of of strictly foreign parts or on foreign soil. Buying American has become difficult in the global industry of automobiles... among other things.
I drove a Ford F-150 for 7 years and it was a great truck. Gas and oil only (and a little dust-up with the egr valve) I bought a brand new Lexus about 3 years ago and had to replace the dam rack and pinion after 1.5 years of driving it.
The CEO of GM claims that their cars are built equally as well as an Accord or Camry. If that's true, GM has nothing to fear from giving their cars a 10-year bumper-to-bumper warranty (NOT just on the powertrain). I hate the fact that we're bailing them out. And I believe that, even with the bailout, GM is going to fail.
GM's sales lag Honda and Toyota because their resale value is terrible. There's a reason you see rental car fleets flooded with GM and Chrysler vehicles.
My next car was a Honda. My next car after this car will most likely be another Honda. I haven't had an "American" car since my 1991 Geo Storm in HS/College (1999 - 2001).
Not because it's American. When I buy another car, I'll look at my needs, check out Consumer Reports and buy the most logical solution. If an American car company manages to occupy that niche, I'll buy it. If they don't, I won't. So, it's on them. The last time I gave it thought though, no American car was in the running.
I will never buy a car less than 3 years old again. And I will also never finance one or buy an extended warranty. HORRIBLE investment.
My old Dodge Stratus had a factory defect where you could turn the car off and take the key out of the ignition while it was still in gear. I noticed that when I had to chase my locked car down the street as it rolled out of my driveway. Nice one, GM. My current Nissan Altima, now THAT'S a car.
I don't really look in advance in terms of "my next car will be an XXX". I have an '05 Ford Focus right now, but I test drove and considered a number of cars from all makes and models. For me... it's more of a price range/consumer reports/ratings type evaluation. I'm happy with my Focus, but I don't have any strong opinion pro/con about buying an American car.
So then why doesn't Toyota or Honda give 10 yr warranties if their cars are so perfect? Whats interesting is that when GM came out with the warranty, they calculated that it would only cost them $300/car in actual costs vs. the perceived benefit by consumers was much more than that. I still think they will fail due to their cost structure, but I think (and looks like most reports confirm) that the quality gap has shrunk by a lot. However, its called a reputation and they reaped what they sow. I wonder if the fact that some of these Japanese cars have had quality issues lately and the halo'd brands like BMW/Mercedes have been dropping in the rankings will affect their reputations..probably not for a while I guess...
