I'm Not as Biased as You Think...

For as many years as I can remember, I have been defending the Big 3 US Automakers (GM, Ford & Chrysler). 

A lot of friends and family over the years have seen me passionately explain to them all the myths about Honda, Toyota, etc.

I've been routinely dismissed for being biased and not having my facts straight... so with our country in recession and the US economy on the brink of disaster, does anyone think they should have listened to me? Probably not... I can still hear the choruses of my friends telling me how "crappy" American cars are. How American workers are lazy and unions have priced the cars to high. If they would only make cars people wanted to drive... blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

This hate for American cars is starting to come full circle. The White House and the Congress are trying to figure out how or even if they should help the automotive industry. 

I read the Detroit papers and I am astonished at the replies to articles of those living in "the Motor City." People saying that the government should let the Big 3 fail... "they got themselves into this mess, let them fail." Do people realize that Ford, GM and Chrysler create jobs all over the Midwest and really the entire country? There are industries and jobs that you would never think have connections to the auto industry that will collapse right along with the Big 3 if they are allowed to fail. Yes, that means your job might be affected.

While reading the Detroit Free Press today, I read an article about the myths of the Detroit Auto Industry... give it a read and tell me how biased I really was all these years.

Maybe it's time to change your mind about the Big 3...