US car makers in trouble

[davereid]

...Seeing Hondas and Nissans with thumping great V8s in them was also a surprise...

Those Jap V8s are very, very good - thats part of the problem for the American V8s.

I've got a Lexus V8 on the workshop floor at the moment, its going to end up repowering a V6 Pajero, which broke.

Nissans VH41 and VH45 V8s are also pure class.. they need very little work indeed to produce reliable power.

Poor quality seems to plague the US car industry. I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee for a short time.

Virtually everything broke...

New rear diff... auto locked in third.. climate control died... electric windows died... auto seat adjuster would change seating on you while you were driving...

Really not a car to own out-of-warranty.

[alanzs]

The US car manufacturers have been pushing their high profit SUV's for many years, knowing the end was in sight. Now, they'll reap what they sow. The US will bail 'em out...