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Engineer review boards for American vehicle manufacturers

Posted on 9/14/26 at 8:36 am
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
41774 posts
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.
Posted by jpainter6174
Boss city
Member since Feb 2014
6810 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 9:14 am to
Cant make money if everyone keeps their cars for 20 years because they are perfect....
Posted by TimeOutdoors
LA
Member since Sep 2014
13758 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 9:24 am to
quote:

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 by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
73026 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 9:40 am to
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.
Posted by GeauxLSUGeaux
1 room down from Erin Andrews
Member since May 2004
25739 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 10:14 am to
quote:

Cant make money if everyone keeps their cars for 20 years because they are perfect....


Same as the healthcare industry

Posted by TheFlyingTiger
Member since Oct 2009
4276 posts
Posted on 9/14/26 at 10:15 am to
the corporations write their own laws, and capture their regulatory agencies

that's the problem across the board.
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