Originally posted by: CFster
Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
um, ford alreday has a rice mobile, its called the focus.
and NFS4, um, thanks for puttin the billybob, and bubbadee in their,
bastard
its not just rednecks, ppl are loyal to brands because they had good experiences with them.
you do understand that japanese cars were once laughable too right?
the quality of trucks from detroit are VERY high, in fact i believe most of them compete with what most foreign cars can offer. so the truck market wont only be hard, it will be very near impossible to completely be accepted in. some people just dont see foreign = trucks. they see foreign = cars.
MIKE
The quality from Detroit isn't high - cars or trucks. They break too often.
There are two reasons why the Big Three owns the truck market.
1. The Billy Bob factor - can't be denied.
2. Like everything else in this country, bigger = better. People want a 1-Ton truck, Japan doesn't make any. They don't know how to.
When they learn how to, or if Toyota buys Ford and markets them under the Ford nameplate then things will change. They already know how to build cars more efficiently and reliably than we do - it's only a matter of time. It's the last market to dominate, you think they'll stop at cars?
Also, people are loyal to brands because they don't know any better. They think nothing of their cars being in the shop several times a year, because all their cars have been that way, and that's just the cost of owning a car.
