Originally Posted by
74javelin
dodge came out with the 1995 dodge ram that was way ahead of anyone else. i couldn't believe how nice it drove and handled. ride in a pre 1995 truck and you'll know what i mean.
dodge has been coming out with a lot of new stuff over the years.
yes, dodge rolled out a new truck that it's very nice and they dropped the price big time. i believe it's about 8-10,000 cheaper than the 2008's. they where making big bucks off the trucks. so i believe there still making money even after dropping the price 8-10,000.
the big problem was they didn't foresee what F&F would do to you younger guys. come on after you guys watch that movie. you guy wouldn't want any thing other than a honda or import
I disagree. Dodge Made lots of nice cars that were for the younger crowed.
The caliber, avenger, neon, nitro. Dodge to me was trying their hardest.
Edit: I used to talk to the old timers at my old job before joining the military They all owned dodge and 99% of them were Trucks and one of the things they used to talk about was how many times they changed out the tranny in their dodge trucks. Maybe that might be one of the reasons people were scared to purchase a Dodge. Sometimes people don't let go of what happend in the past. I like dodge. I think they make beautiful looking cars compared to Ford.
Originally Posted by
fastforward
So basically, do the big 3 deserve another chance? Yes, and you deserve not to be so close minded and see what the big 3 offer before plopping your hard earned cash on a foreign car.
They had oportunities since 2004 and also since Gas started to rise dramatically. Toyota/honda had way more cars that were gas savers compared to what the 3 were putting out. Plus if you look at honda and toyota they were changing the way their cars looked inside and out more often then what the Big three were doing.
Originally Posted by
fastforward
Hell, Ford/Mercury/Lincoln continue to rake in awards. But no one seems to notice. They often beat Toyota and Honda for top reliability rankings.
Ford came out with the cougar which is basically a rebadged probe. and it had nothing but electrical problems out the yingyang. They had bad alternator problems, transmission problems, Fuel return line problems, fuel pump problems, The Sunroof, and the infamous, 1-2 bang shift problem.. IVAC, IMRC problems. It had so many bad reviews with the customers. They only made the N.E.C.O for 3 years.
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It's like having a job where you do so much good, always pleasing the damn boss/company, but that one mistake that you do, or some1 you pissed off, They fucking forget everything you did for the past for the damn boss/company and just remember that one fucking bad day you had... This might have the same effect with the car companies. IMO
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Originally Posted by
fastforward
Ford can take the blame for Jaguar being less luxurious, but don't forget Jag suffered from reliability issues and was on the verge of bankruptcy. Months after Ford sold Jag, the brand (with cars designed by Ford) is at the top of reliability studies.
Ford bought the British luxury brand Jaguar in 1990, when all three Detroit automakers were seeking ways to expand their global reach. Eventually, Ford decided to build an entry-level Jaguar starting at around $30,000 for people looking to move up from, say, a Mercury Marquis. The down-market move "represented everything that Jaguar is not," says Libby of J. D. Power. The X-Type was built on an ordinary sedan platform from elsewhere in Ford's lineup, and the front-wheel-drive system underwhelmed enthusiasts used to rear-drive European makes. Jag purists were horrified, and aspiring luxury buyers shunned the X-Type in favor of BMWs, Lexuses, and Acuras. After fumbling the luxury brand for nearly two decades, Ford sold Jaguar to an Indian conglomerate in 2008.
Don't get me wrong. But if GM rebounds from this my next brand new car purchase or semi brand new will be a GM. I fell out of love with the Big three with all my bad experiences owning an american car besides the Ford Taurus and the Ford Aspire (but the aspire was my sisters car till she bought a new corolla) I used the aspire when gas was very expensive. Those two were very very reliable. The only car I would ever own by ford right now would be a Taurus also Dodge is making some nice cars that I would love to own one day. Like the Charger, and the challenger, Also I like the neon. My friend has a neon and the only problem he ever had with it was normal wear and tear and changed the alternator twice on it (One was defected) and its a 2003. Beautiful car (79,000) miles.