So Detroit is now Bankrupt...

[Kasz216]

the2real4mafol said:

Kasz216 said:

TheLastStarFighter said:
 American car companies have just always been very inefficient and slow to adapt. Poorly designed vehicles, poor quality and ridiculous levels of redundancy (To think that Chrysler's new Pentastar engine replaced something like 6 or 8 crappy, different V6's used throughout their company line!!?!?!).

That in of itself is pretty unfair.   The US Automakers were set for HUGE returns with well made cars.  The problem was, those cars were SUV's and the SUV bubble burst due to all the crazy gas price increases.

If US cars would be smaller and more fuel efficient, i'm sure they would shift. I guess these companies haven't adapted yet but surely it's a good thing fewer people can afford these wasteful cars. Something expensive oil is good for. 

Oh they've shifted since they bailout.  It's just they weren't prepaired for the huge gas shock after people basically spent a decade saying "fuck you" to gas efficent cars, with more and more people wanting SUVs.