Originally Posted by GregE

The bailout helped Detroit a lot. But other than that, yeah, it's mostly about timing.




American made cars really sucked in the 70's and 80's. Nevertheless, it took a long time for the American public to turn their backs on on the big three and start buying Japanese in large numbers.

Now that Detroit's products have actually been quite decent for awhile, it'll still take a long time to win back most of those lost customers.

People have long memories when it comes to this sort of thing.