EnergyUnlimited wrote:dolanbaker wrote:Most markets are simply saturated, they can't sell more cars than people can use, it's as simple as that.
So they will have to continue make cars crapper and crapper each year so they fall apart faster and there is more demand on new.
No. When there are lots of competitors, as there are with cars, a manufacturer can NOT get away with just making pure shiite, and survive over time. Not any more.
Selling crappy cars just hurts a brand over time. That's why Toyota and Honda turned the US Big Three into the little three. Lots of Americans refused to pay for the crappy US quality, when they could get FAR better durability and similar features for a similar price.
Most car manufacturers have finally learned that lesson. Overall, cars are MUCH better. There are differences but except for notable POS companies like Fiat Chrysler on quality, generally the quality differential is much smaller now.
Better to have less business and be competitive than have people refuse to buy your products due to poor relative quality. Kia had to buy itself back into the buyer's choices with ten year warranties on all its cars, and still has long warranties. That's costly. Better to just be competitive re quality.
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.