[quote=EconProf]Svelte: Not sure of your point here.
Mine was that Ford apparently is producing a great product without subsidies (as far as I know). GM got subsidies amounting to tens of thousands of $ per vehicle and still put out a flawed product. Maybe they fixed the flaw, but does that make the subsidies OK?
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EconProf: We were talking about I-15 easing conjestion and how Temecula would become even more desirable given the easier commute and that fuel costs would go down due to fuel efficient vehicles such as the new Ford Fusion.

Then you lob a bailout grenade in, which didn’t fit the discussion at all.

We weren’t talking about subsidies in the least, and to drag that into the conversation is just asking for a car fight. 🙂 I’m certainly willing to oblige by pointing out that Toyota had their fingers in the till too.

And lobbing another grenade, you state that GM released a “flawed product”. I just proved to you that Toyota unleashed more flawed product on the public than GM by responding to your statement that GM was having “so much trouble” with the Volt. One problem!

And to correct my prior statement, it was Honda that had the most recalled product last year. Toyota was #2. Toyota was #1 in 2009 and 2010.

If you want to bring bailouts and production flaws into the discussion, let’s talk about them thoroughly.