losh1971
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part of the problem was penny pinching from GM. The Yanks are good at trying to cheapen a build wherever they can. I had a yank XJ and I absolutely loved it. But the **** that wasn't made to last ended up being quite a long list. Chrysler could have spent 10 bucks on both front and rear axles and fitted decent bearings like we used to see on cars made in the 70s but nup they cheapen out and go for Yum Song and the parts wear out after 100k. Same i suspect with Dores the late ones the big bosses trying to cut costs to increase bottom line go with cheap **** parts and now we have the end result of people owning $70k Dores with problems that in a few years will be out of warranty and cost $1000s to fix.Public perception? because that is what counts and Toyota is winning the sales war.
Holden traded on it's "made in Aussie" and Commodore labels, effectively it has lost both of those as a major marketing/selling point even if the product wasn't maybe quiet as good as the foreign products on offer so now your choice is between foreign products you may as well take the more reliable one.