Bailout of the Big 3

[CGM]

Good ol' K-Car hahaha. In the mid to late 1970's for some reason the American car industry took a major turn for the worse....quality was crap, the cars were ugly and they just thought "We've got a monopoly, nothing will ever go wrong".....surprise

Ok well if that's true then the consumer a big fact sucker, don't it? Fact is, the Kcar provided value for the money, and Chrysler came back quite nicely.

Your mid to late 70s remark tells me the big three did not adapt well to changing market conditions (The Energy Crisis) it took them a while to get a handle on both quality and fuel effficency in the same car. Including Chrysler. Iaccoca ran the show from 78-92. (late '70s onwards) The kcar was Iaccoca's idea.

[Trainer Monkey]

Good ol' K-Car hahaha. In the mid to late 1970's for some reason the American car industry took a major turn for the worse....quality was crap, the cars were ugly and they just thought "We've got a monopoly, nothing will ever go wrong".....surprise

Ok well if that's true then the consumer a big fact sucker, don't it? Fact is, the Kcar provided value for the money, and Chrysler came back quite nicely.

Your mid to late 70s remark tells me the big three did not adapt well to changing market conditions (The Energy Crisis) it took them a while to get a handle on both quality and fuel effficency in the same car. Including Chrysler. Iaccoca ran the show from 78-92. (late '70s onwards) The kcar was Iaccoca's idea.

Actually the K-Car was absolute garbage,the transaxle on any of those Mopars sucked,the back end exhaust sytem tended to litterally explode in a shower of plastic,the whole car was crap warmed over,I dont know if Ioccoca would want that as his crowning achievment

[El Kabong]

So CGM you're saying we're going to give a ton of money to the car companies so we can get more K Cars....wonderful

[Trainer Monkey]

So CGM you're saying we're going to give a ton of money to the car companies so we can get more K Cars....wonderful

Hate to beak this to you CGM,Lyle and I are going to agree about K-cars,somebody should have opened fire on them as they rolled off the production line,saving many future car owners the desire to open fire on them later.

[CGM]

So CGM you're saying we're going to give a ton of money to the car companies so we can get more K Cars....wonderful

That's the problem with you people, to argue a case, you take someone's point and push it to an absurd extreme in attempt to make your own point.

TM and Lyle, Say what you want about the Kcar, maybe they weren't perfect, but they sold very well for most of the 80s, and took Chrysler away from bankruptcy and into profitability. The Reliant K was Motor Trend's car of the year for 1981.