Normally, I am not one to pay too much attention to auto sales news, but with my Alero on its last legs this story, reporting on additional loss of market for American car-makers to their Asian rivals caught my eye. It is sad that American car companies are almost back where they were in the 70s, when no one in their right mind bought American. My family always has, but no one ever said we were in our right minds. It is time for Ford, GM, and the others to do what was done in the 80s to revitalize the car companies - look at what the Asian auto makers are doing right (*cough* fuel-efficiency *cough*) and bring that to our cars. It is no accident that Toyota owns the patent on the hybrid engine used by most auto makers these days. They thought ahead and got into the market before anyone else.
And of course, my other favorite idea here is for the American government to purchase the hybrid engine patent and make it freely available to all American car makers without charging royalties or fees. But I think I have accepted by now that this is not going to happen.
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