CA>It is also true that GM, Ford, and Chrysler own a good sized
CA>chunk of those same Japanese automobile companies.

 The lines are blurinbg. BUT fortunatly they have not affected the
 Styling of those Foreign entieties then control. Exaple is Mazda. FORD
 is in total control, but puts out Mech bettewr cars than FORD. In fact
 sadly the Mazda Truck which FORD rebadged as the Courier PU was a very
 high quality Vehicle. Shortly after FORD brought out their own Small PU
 they started re-badging them and selling them as Mazda's here. It is a
 decided step down in quality for the old Mazda Produced vehicles.
The Strange one is the Subaru/GM/Saab relationship. Saab now sells a
Subaru, related to the WRX, as a Saab.
Like they say, "You cannot tell the Players Without a Program".
BUT in all this one thing stands out. The Foreign Designed cars are of
Bettewr fit and finish and overall quality(at least for now) still
thankfully than the GM/FORD/Chrysler native product. Saddly as time goes
on I expect to see a decline in the Quality of the Froeign Badges
controlled by the Detroit Bean Counters.
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