Thursday, November 27, 2008

They're gone, but we still have an auto industry

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These 11 U.S. auto brands and/or makers have gone out of business in my lifetime. If you look up "defunct automakers" on Wikipedia, you'll find an amazing list of hundreds of extinct car makers.

Nobody needs a Ford or a Chevy or a Chrysler enough to put the whole country's economic stability at risk. If you need wheels, go buy a Saturn or an American-built Subaru, Honda or Toyota. They have a business model that works and deserves to survive.

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