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Automobile Enthusiasts

bucolic_frolic

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1. More cheating makes more money

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2023, 08:39 AM

Dec 2023

They don't get to be the biggest by giving away value.

Toyota and Honda have not had a pristine decade and a half. Airbags, an occasional transmission problem, DFI engines, now safety. I think it kind of goes with manufacture. In a perfect world there is enough money to make every motion profitable. We do not live in a perfect world. So, we cut corners.

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