America can't duke it out , labor laws that are from planet 1890's that other countries act on ,
The foreign company's don't have as strict EPA laws to contend with .
this is what we have , It's not changing any time soon
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Here is a small story of 1970"s
Laws were passed cars had to have 5 MPH bumpers , Steel beams in doors , Other miscellaneous safety - emissions standards were starting also
if cars did not have the features the auto companies would face fines ,
I remember, cars got ugly ,heaver, gas mileage problems
But best of all , foreign cars did not have to comply for many years ,
That was long enough for them to get a foot hold
wile American auto industry suffered .
Yup the foreign cars kept making nice looking cars during the first regulations
that was unfair .
2 examples
see 1974 Mustang a desperate attempt of ford to have the 5 mph bumper
yet look at the Nissan (Datsun) 240Z Nope to the 5 MPH bumper during these hard years for USA auto companies
GM did manage to make there 1974 sport cars look good though . But had other problems keeping muscle cars REAL .
1974 camero wile looked ok
But year previous 1974 was a hot looking car
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