>Typically, these sorts of stories are met with
>statements about Japanese autos being better built
>than American -- routinely offered as the primary
>explanation for any US auto firm's difficulties.
>
>There's truth in that observation but it may take us
>only so far. Although some automakers are doing better
>than others in certain markets, I wonder if there are,
>quite simply, too many vehicles chasing too few
>consumers across the globe able to buy.
Those aren't incompatible hypotheses. There are too many carmakers, so the crappier ones take the hit.
Doug