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7. Remember the Ford Pinto and the Chevy Vega?
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:20 AM
20 hrs ago

These were very popular cars when I was in my early 20's and they, like many american made cars were pieces of shit.

It was at this same time that cars mad by Toyota and Datsun were being sold here.

We were brought up to believe that anything from Japan was low quality but Americans soon figured out that these Japanese
cars were superior to cars made here both in quality and price.

This caused the american manufacturers to start making better cars.

Bring BYD cars to the US. They may be more expensive here than they are in China but also cheaper and better than electric cars made by the big US car makers.

This likely will make the automakers, again start make better cars that compete on price.

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