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Old 05-16-2011, 05:23 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Maybe you should consider donating it to Bob Lutz...
I didn't know Bob Putz was still around - thats an interesting interview.

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Originally Posted by Putz
"Prior to CAFE, American quality was as good as any anywhere in the world," he asserted. "We were still selling a decent quantity of American cars in Europe because Europeans considered a Buick or a Chevrolet or a Ford to be superior in reliability to European products, which they were.
Maybe he's thinking of a different Europe to the one I have lived in for 40+ years but I don't ever remember streets full of Chevrolets and Buicks ever.
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