Has America made a really good car in the past 30 years?

Yes, they made one good car. A 1980 Pontiac Bonneville that my dad bought, new.

Sad to say, but I agree with you.

Unfortunately, I grew up in the 80s and all my Dad had were American cars when I was younger. And every single one of them was a total POS except that 1980 Bonneville that was eventually mine.

Here are the American cars our family owned in the last 30+ years -

1978 Olds 88 - Major Garbage

1980 Pontiac Bonneville - Awesome car

1982 Mercury Grand Marquis - ran great until engine quit at 90K.

1985 Buick Park Avenue - caca

1986 Ford Thunderbird - awful.

1994 Cadillac Seville STS - awesome engine, electrical problems galore.

1998 Cadillac Seville STS - ended up paying more in repairs during its lifetime than my Dad paid for the car. Bad engine, bad brakes, window motors went out. Total nightmare.

Now the foreign cars -

1989 Mazda MX-6 - Sold it with no problems with 204K miles, original engine.

1991 Honda Civic - Sold it with no problems and original clutch with 161K miles.

2000 Toyota Avalon - 100K miles, still own it, no problems.

2000 Honda Accord - 92K miles, still own, no problems.

Not sure why I would every buy an American car, no matter what anyone ever says to me, otherwise. And it has nothing to do with me being unpatriotic.

Screw me once, shame on you....screw me 10 times, and well, I won't be talking to you again, let alone buying anything you make.

Chevrolet Corvette C5 or C6. The C6 Z06 was the only 500hp+ car to not be gas guzzler taxed.

Cadillac CTS-V. Mercedes and BMW were too chicken to race Bob Lutz'

Pontiac G8

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.

2010 Ford Mustang.

2004 Ford Mustang Cobra

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

Saturn Sky Redline (I'd still take a 350Z over one though)

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Wow, when it comes down to naming a Corvette, a rebadged Corvette, an import from Australia (G8), Mustang and a bunch of other crap traps (Trans Ams were just great examples of fit and finish that made the OPs point!) like Fieros and you feel like you made a point? Nevermind that the Saturn you mentioned is an Opel rebadge...now explain all the POS that the average buyer has to tolerate.

Where's the BAN button at?

Chevrolet Corvette C5 or C6. The C6 Z06 was the only 500hp+ car to not be gas guzzler taxed.

Cadillac CTS-V. Mercedes and BMW were too chicken to race Bob Lutz'

Pontiac G8

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.

2010 Ford Mustang.

2004 Ford Mustang Cobra

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT

Saturn Sky Redline (I'd still take a 350Z over one though)

The black and white 1974 dodge sedan has plenty of pickup. It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.

it somewhat isn't any longer an argument as a results of fact they have achieved it on their very own interior the internal maximum sector. in case you build the proverbial greater ideal mousetrap, the worldwide will certainly beat a direction on your door. there's a chasm of difference between a individual earning numerous funds and the government levying confiscatory taxes on the helpful to redistribute it to the fewer formidable.

No they haven't. They trail behind japanese cars and german cars. Even Korean cars like Hyundai and Kia have surpassed the big 3. Kia sells more than Chrysler in America.

I am in no way a fanboy of American cars, BUT the Ford Fusion is a great car. I have read many excellent reviews for it, and even drove one once. It is a very fashionable, reliable car.

Check it out on consumer reports.

Brand new mustang has 300 hp and gets 31 miles to the gallon...

new ford fusion has 61 miles to the gallon..

most towing on any truck is made by Ford

there's no car or truck that will have everything you want (power, comfort, towing, price, quality, US made, handling, etc)

european cars have a price tag and are useless for towing or working on

japanese cars look like **** and sound like **** and are sewing machines

Sure, lots of them. Hundreds of millions, actually, since that's how many were sold in that time frame. Recent JD Power ratings put domestic manufacturers ahead of nearly all the imports. Hyundai? Kia? Are you kidding? Those things fall apart in a couple years. When's the last time you saw a 15 year old Hyundai? Never. My Dodge van will be running happily at 300,000 miles when all that junk is long since recycled. So who cares what you think? Hope you guys can eat those Kias when they outsource YOUR jobs.

Toyota- Moving Forward (even if you don't want to). people need to stop believing that foreign crap is better than whats made on our own American soil. Ford, GM, and Chrysler have made some really good cars in past 10 years. Pre 2000 though, yes foreign cars WERE better.