Davriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoFormer GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturerswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square381linkfedilinkarrow-up1823arrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1805arrow-down1external-linkFormer GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturerswww.nytimes.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square381linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaregoferking (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThey saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products
minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoToyota had small, fuel efficient cars and that’s what people wanted during the oil crisis.
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoYeah, them and Datsun. Super reliable cars when US manufacturers were ugly slow tanks that wouldn’t make it 80,000 miles.
They saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products
What happened in the 70s?
Toyota had small, fuel efficient cars and that’s what people wanted during the oil crisis.
Yeah, them and Datsun. Super reliable cars when US manufacturers were ugly slow tanks that wouldn’t make it 80,000 miles.