hell yA!!! thats what im talking about from coupe to convertible !!! nice job i wouldnt tell people that it seems to be frowned apon when u do that round here , just kidding did they need special added framing or do they ride nice after they got coverted?

 

IS the Vw rabbit what we call a golf in europe a very successful car here and a good european family car and one of the starters of the so called hot hatch. The beetle not my fav car, but the most successful car ever still being made in mexico or brazil, maybe it's appeal in the us is after disney crossed out the swastika and put on a number 53!! Anyway i think a reason for american cars doing badly is there lack of global appeal, i mine the accord is sold almost the same world over and it works, american car on the whole don't have global appeal, mind you could be do to the crap we do get sold here the dodge neon....the PT cruiser, jeeps and caddy's plus the vette viper.

 

yeah, american cars need a bit of work to stand up the the standards set by the japanese automakers and with the way things are going now, i don't think we'll ever be able to get good reliability unless EVERY car manufacturer melds together into one formal company and all car companies work as one. still staying as ford, cheve, scion, toyo, audi, benz, ect, as their own companies with their own cars, just forming together to learn how to build them reliably(SP).

 

American cars aren't selling here either. They should probably start at home and then try to get the global appeal

Clu7ch: Mercedes sucks but no American cars have anything on Audi, Porsche, or BMW.

Atomsk: Those cars have been around a long time but how many of them were actually in the US during those early years? It was a risky move back then because the big 3 pretty much controlled the market and once they did come over it took a while to get there foot in the door and actually start selling.

 

I still can't for the life of me figure out why everyone still thinks foriegn cars are more reliable than american

 

no offense but i dont even remember what this thread is about

 

Neither did I...I had to refer back to the last pages. AD1997 revived it

 

there cheap, not loud, get better gas mileage. they dont have many small problems like american cars, but when they do have a problem, it costs a **** loada $$$. american cars dont really have any real major problems. what Irks me is that people buy imports, drive for a year or so, and expect to get the same money the paid for it back, they dont realize that from the very second they signed the title, it dropped tremendously in value. the same is true for american cars, but after 10 years, the american sport cars grow in value. so a 2006 GT stang in 10 years will be worth more then a 06 honda accord with more features and better mileage, and people dont understand that.

 

And to tie the whole thread back together...

If you want to know (not guess, or parrot what others are saying) about car quality, go spend some time on the J.D. Powers web site. That's about as real as it gets, and it is the information car manufacturers look at too. Of course you probably won't find information on turning coupes into convertibles though.

We used to chop the top of VW beetles and turn them into convertibles. Of course the VW beetle wasn't quite the quality of an American car, it was better than the first of the Jap cars.

By the looks of those two Cougars, I'd venture to say they were done right with the proper chassis reinforcement. I really am impressed with the Grey Cougar. Looks like it might even have a custom tan leather interior as well.
Sure is a looker!

 

GAHHH!! you stole my idea! i was going to make millions off of my turboskates!!





*still very nice*