A Brief History of the Rise and Fall of the American Car Culture

[THE EVIL TW1N]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

Maybe that's what the media wants you to think. Do you really think this is the pinnacle of quality?



Here's a Chevrolet interior of the same year, 1985.



Neither product meets today's standards. That's obvious. At the same time, neither seems all that bad. The media constructed a dialogue that the Chevrolet was cheap, expecting it to fit a higher standard than the Honda. The Honda was cheap, but the press described it as economical, lowering expectations then praising the company for meeting them.

Now, I'll ask: was the Honda really higher quality than the Chevrolet or was the media being unfair?





The only cure for your brainwashing is extended time on Camaro5 and agreeing with everything said by The_Blur.

even from that distance shot, it is painfully obvious that the Honda interior is in fact better than the domestic. it's just the ugly truth.

[Brokinarrow]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

There's no doubt that GM didn't perform up to standards in the 80s. My dad could tell you stories about the 3rd gen F-bodies that he built that would make you cringe.

The thing is, GM is no longer the company it was 30 years ago (literally). If you could get more consumers to just consider GM brands, you would see a spike in sales.

I would say the media is starting to turn against the company they've promoted for years: toyota. I've never seen more negative articles and reviews about toyota products than what we're seeing now. The common theme in this trend? Title of "World's Largest Automaker." The minute toyota hit that mark, everything started crashing down.

Originally Posted by MrIcky

100% agreed

Nailed it.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

Performance car racing really took off with the American Prohibition Era. A conservative, religious political environment passed legislation prohibiting alcohol, but the level-headed masses found ways to get their hard-earned drink after work. Yankee ingenuity led to a flourishing underground economy of gentlemen's clubs and liquor.

an ol' moonshiner would tan yer hide if he heard y'all call 'em a Yankee

[Toyaholic]

I noticed the mention of the ricers in "the fast and the furious". Remember, it was an old school musclecar that took the show at the end! !!!LONG LIVE MUSCLE!!!!

[Captain Vlad]

Didn't the old school muscle car end up in a dead heat with the ricer Paul Walker was driving, right before being smacked by a truck?

[Toyaholic]

Crap! You spoiled the ending for me!

[Captain Vlad]

It wasn't a very good movie anyway.

[The_Blur]

Originally Posted by DGthe3

an ol' moonshiner would tan yer hide if he heard y'all call 'em a Yankee

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

Forgot to add to that post ... those same moonshine runners decided to put their money where their mouth was, and instead of arguing about whether their Chevy was faster than somebody else's Ford they raced, often on an oval track plowed into a farmers field. This led to the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, commonly known as NASCAR.