Re: And NOW, the Big 3 are doing what Packard couldn't do...

Posted by gerardo On 2009/4/2 16:11:04

Well said Gusha.

Owen_Dyneto: I went back and read your post... my point is simply that Americans left Detroit cars because Detroit played them for fools.... so it's kind of understandable why Americans don't support them.

GM really thought Americans would be stupid enough to think they could get away with putting a Cadillac badge on Cavalier and no one would think anything of it. It's just one of hundreds of small examples of how they regarded their customers.

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Zenith TVs: again a question of design... of style. Sony and Panasonic were making cool looking things while Zenith and the others were still pushing those hideous wood cabinet French Provincial/Early American/ Mediterranean style monstrosities. Even their portables had the usual dose of plastic wood and chrome plated plastic. No thanks.

Sony and Panasonic had modern design and cool advertising.