1) Genuine question: how do you calculate/figure the "profit" or impact on economy when a "Japanese" car is built in America?
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Last year, of the 431,703 Camrys the company sold in the U.S., 28,816 came from a Toyota plant in Tsutsumi, a city near Toyota City in Japan, while the rest were manufactured at a Toyota plant in Georgetown, Ky.
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2) I realize that the majority of Americans just want a car that works--aesthetics be damned. In fact, there are plenty of Americans who
don't want anything flashy. But it takes roughly the same amount of energy, engineering, and cost to build a pretty car, as it does a bland car, as it does an outright ugly car. The Camry is non-descript. The Malibu is ugly. And the Maxx is offendingly so. Why on earth GM thought that people would part with their hard-earned money to purchase a car as ugly as the Maxx is beyond me.
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What a disappointment. It was like driving a sofa on wheels and was definitely geared towards the 60 something crowd verses people my age. Seats were like Grandma's worn out recliner and the handling was remenicent of a motor boat I once piloted on a local lake.
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I haven't driven the LaCrosse, but my in-laws are diehard Buick owners (Century, LeSabre, Rendezvous). And they all drive just like how JayH describes. You don't drive the things, so much as shepherd them down the road.