Toyota Named Official Car of NHRA

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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

It's like the old cliche,if the American cars were the best most Americans would have bought them.

Unfortunately, your right. American cars were not the "best" because they didn't have to be.
The criteria was biggest, fastest, flashiest. When people are buying new cars every year or two, who cares how long they last? From the 50's to the 70's there was only competition in those area's. When the imports came here in the early 70's (some in the 60's) they were JUNK! They were not fast, or good ride, or flashy, or big...they were what people who couldn't afford a real car drove.
Enter the 70's gas crunch and guess what? They were good at something the big three weren't..MILAGE. Then when detroit woke up and started getting more efficient, where did the jap cars go to? The only other thing the big three weren't doing, RELIABILITY.

That is why they succeded, they had higher quality and better milage. Detroit was kind of confused, what is this "quality" thing you speak of? LOL!

Now we have quality,milage, power, etc and it's an AMERICAN company. (well ford and gm are anyway)