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Engineer review boards for American vehicle manufacturers
Posted on 9/14/26 at 8:36 am
Posted on 9/14/26 at 8:36 am
How do they look at each other and sign off on these vehicles with multiple problems?
How does the lead engineer say, this will be the vehicle that doesn’t land us in another class action lawsuit?
From what I can tell, these manufacturers are enduring class action lawsuits:
Ford: 6 models
GM: 8 models
CDRJ: 7 models
I understand that our federal government has boxed these companies in with regulations.
And I understand that planned obsolescence creates cash flow for service and sales.
But it also creates the exploitation that foreign car manufacturers need to break into the American car market.
Cash for clunkers sealed the deal. There were motors that could last for decades that we ACTUALLY PAID TO POUR GLASS INTO.
Yes that’s a federal problem.
But over the last 100 years, we have had the opportunity to create the world’s best cars. Possibly even the perfect car, and we refuse to.
Transmissions;
Electronics;
Engines/lifters;
CV joints
All of these could have been perfected. And the best country in the world simply failed.
How does the lead engineer say, this will be the vehicle that doesn’t land us in another class action lawsuit?
From what I can tell, these manufacturers are enduring class action lawsuits:
Ford: 6 models
GM: 8 models
CDRJ: 7 models
I understand that our federal government has boxed these companies in with regulations.
And I understand that planned obsolescence creates cash flow for service and sales.
But it also creates the exploitation that foreign car manufacturers need to break into the American car market.
Cash for clunkers sealed the deal. There were motors that could last for decades that we ACTUALLY PAID TO POUR GLASS INTO.
Yes that’s a federal problem.
But over the last 100 years, we have had the opportunity to create the world’s best cars. Possibly even the perfect car, and we refuse to.
Transmissions;
Electronics;
Engines/lifters;
CV joints
All of these could have been perfected. And the best country in the world simply failed.
Posted on 9/14/26 at 9:14 am to dstone12
Cant make money if everyone keeps their cars for 20 years because they are perfect....
Posted on 9/14/26 at 9:24 am to dstone12
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But over the last 100 years, we have had the opportunity to create the world’s best cars. Possibly even the perfect car, and we refuse to.
Tesla has some of the safest and best-selling cars in the world and are doing it without spending millions marketing their products through commercials. I saw an article about the Model 3 just received five-star rating from NHTSA in all categories. I believe the cyber truck is the only truck to have done the same.
Posted on 9/14/26 at 9:40 am to dstone12
The short answer is that engineers arent making decisions. Accountants and government regulatory bodies are making the decisions.
The kinds of men who put men on the moon with slide rules have no voice in large publicly traded companies anymore, and largely dont work for them anymore because of it.
So, hold on to your arse because it's just going to continue getting worse year over year until we have a major corporate cultural change, which i dont see happening this decade or even the next.
The kinds of men who put men on the moon with slide rules have no voice in large publicly traded companies anymore, and largely dont work for them anymore because of it.
So, hold on to your arse because it's just going to continue getting worse year over year until we have a major corporate cultural change, which i dont see happening this decade or even the next.
Posted on 9/14/26 at 10:14 am to jpainter6174
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Cant make money if everyone keeps their cars for 20 years because they are perfect....
Same as the healthcare industry
Posted on 9/14/26 at 10:15 am to dstone12
the corporations write their own laws, and capture their regulatory agencies
that's the problem across the board.
that's the problem across the board.

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