Reply #53: Is that how you read it?

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My thinking on it is as such.

Its 2000. Toyota and Honda already have a production model of what the big three are trying to do. From a competitive measure, it makes sense to leapfrog the technology. Hence freedomCAR.

What doesn't make sense is that the lessons learned (with government subsidies no less) did not show up in production cars the big three made. Even if it made existing cars more powerful without sacrificing fuel efficiency, it would be worth doing.

The money was already spent. Prototypes built. Why not at least use the technologies.

Why must the large percentage of 'new' big three cars come from overseas? The Pontiac G8? Its a Holden Commodore. The Vibe? Joint developed with toyota. The Ford fusion? Can we say Mazda 6? The Cobalt? From Daewoo.

It shows that American car companies don't care about small (low profit) cars. It almost backrupted them in the last oil crunch, and it may to it again now. And you wonder why can't American business learn?