At 8/26/09 10:49 PM, Ronald-McDonald-LoL wrote:
Toyota is a Japanese car company. I perfer American brands.
Ok, let me elaborate. Sorry for double post, I'm in a bit of a hurry.
I live in the general Detroit area, and I've seen the auto layoffs first hand and on the news, so it just makes more sense to buy a Big Three car instead of a Toyota or Honda. When we stop making cars here, the parts suppliers suffer, because they are losing business, and that means more jobs lost.
Furthermore, a lot of people see the foreign brands as having higher quality overall, and tend to associate American brands with SUVs and Hummers. This isn't always the case. In fact, a lot of American cars can compete with Honda or Toyota, but I'm not familiar with the Prius and its milage, so I can't argue here.