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[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 169 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

They have never considered actually competing have they?

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 94 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They’ve actually done the exact opposite. The lobbying, the import laws, the absence of a foreign export market, and the manufacturing of cars that would never pass safety laws anywhere else, all resulted in the kind of dogshit that Americans have to experience now. Why improve if you’re the only player

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They have an export market, its the handful of douchebags in Australia that want compensator trucks instead of a ute

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Big corporations know very well how competition works and would like to avoid it at all costs.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Former big corporation*

Who also worked primarily in Chinese Automotive industry*

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They do. For example here. Just not in your country.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

They don’t compete here either.

They’ve stopped producing passenger cars, and the Chicken Tax means they don’t have to compete on trucks.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Toyota had small, fuel efficient cars and that’s what people wanted during the oil crisis.

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, them and Datsun. Super reliable cars when US manufacturers were ugly slow tanks that wouldn't make it 80,000 miles.

[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Couldn't have a thought further from his mind

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Detroit is easy to hate but there’s more wrong here than how much can-do energy they wake up in the morning with. If they competed on features and quality they could never compete on price. Everything we do to keep the dollar strong makes it impossible to manufacture here.

[–] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Nah man, that's not the purpose of unrestrained capitalism. The point is to get big enough that you can buy out all the competition, then make your product cheaper and cheaper once there's no one to compete against. It's a bit like an economical algae bloom.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

They saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Michael Dunne has been competing the entire time, for the Chinese. His statements here aren't fear, they're shillery.