Submission + - Decline of American Automobile Manufacturing (qz.com) 1
reporter writes: An analysis published by Quartz explains how American automobile manufacturing declined over the past 50 years.
"Coupled with the slumping small-car sales, that's why GM's announcement in November 2018 that it would end production of the Cruze and most of its other sedans was not particularly surprising. Indeed, GM's not alone: Ford announced the end of new sedan production for the US market last spring, and Fiat Chrysler threw in the towel on US passenger car production in 2016."
The new "Big Three" of passenger-car manufacturing is Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. Honda produces the Accord and the Civic. Nissan produces the Altima and the Sentra. Toyota produces the Camry and the Corolla. The Accord, the Civic, the Altima, the Camry, and the Corolla are "Made in the United States".
"Coupled with the slumping small-car sales, that's why GM's announcement in November 2018 that it would end production of the Cruze and most of its other sedans was not particularly surprising. Indeed, GM's not alone: Ford announced the end of new sedan production for the US market last spring, and Fiat Chrysler threw in the towel on US passenger car production in 2016."
The new "Big Three" of passenger-car manufacturing is Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. Honda produces the Accord and the Civic. Nissan produces the Altima and the Sentra. Toyota produces the Camry and the Corolla. The Accord, the Civic, the Altima, the Camry, and the Corolla are "Made in the United States".
Not too surprising. (Score:1)