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Originally Posted by The_Blur
Government regulations did do it, but in a democracy the problem is never the government. People supported those regulations. Sadly, the American people killed the American muscle car in the 1970s and 1980s. :( Not enough people stood up to certain regulations.
Unions were also tough on GM especially. The UAW got greedy over time, and that crippled the industry. When it comes to competition, companies should compete on all levels, and that includes employment. GM should be more lucrative to be successful, but the UAW demanded more than lucrative employment. I could agree with you for a long time on this, but I want to get back to blaming anime.
Let's not discount the role of car magazines, import car culture, and popular culture. GM was no longer cool. Something caused this.
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the media creates whatever narrative they want too...and for whatever reason gm became uncool...
but I think with the quality of the cars going down the media ran with the crappy interiors M.O and poor quality throughout the late 70's and 80's