By mkbhatia
Monday, Nov 14th, 2005 @ 7:59 pm

In a recent editorial, Lenore Skenazy used an interesting analogy to describe the environmental policies of the American auto industry. “If only I’d started working out 10 years ago, I would be in such great shape by now. But, of course, I didn’t. Too hard. Too long before I’d see any results. Too many better things to do. So here I am, 10 years later, weak as a worm.” We think the same can be said about the American car industry in general. Until recently, the big three have done little to prevent the erosion of domestic sales. While Asian automakers were building a reputation building reliable, well-priced, and aggressively styled cars, the big three sat idly by. The design team at Ford has recently promised it won’t put out any more boring cars, starting with the all-new Fusion, but we imagine they’re all wishing they had made that decision years ago. [See Skenazy's original column here.]

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