Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

@Davriellelouna@lemmy.world · edit-2 10 days ago

goferking (he/him) · 10 days ago

They saw what happened in the 70s and said never again will they have to actually compete with better products

@deathmetal27@lemmy.world · 10 days ago

What happened in the 70s?

@ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world · 10 days ago

Toyota had small, fuel efficient cars and that’s what people wanted during the oil crisis.

@psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 10 days ago

Yeah, them and Datsun. Super reliable cars when US manufacturers were ugly slow tanks that wouldn’t make it 80,000 miles.