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Rating the Possible Explanations as to Why the Big Three Have No Evident Need to Improve the Relative Reliabilities of Their Autos

Background

The April 2002 Auto on Info News, Analysis and Editorial article entitled "No Need to Compete: More Data Point to a Big Three Market Share That Is Well Insulated from the Rigors of Competition" discusses data pointing to an absence of need by the Big Three (Chrysler-Ford-General Motors) to improve the relative reliabilities of their motor vehicles. This mini-survey permits the visitor to rate the possible explanations for the absence of this need.

Queries

The queries for this mini-survey are:

Responses as of May 5, 2005

Response density charts rating each of the following possible explanations as to why the Big Three have not lost greater market share because of the low relative reliabilities of their products:

Deceptive advertising by the Big Three

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Woeful lack of public school educational instruction on the matter of auto reliability

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Preference for repetitive behavior, especially in the bottom half of the U.S. population

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Absence, in the bottom half of the U.S. population, of mental activity that would bring the Reliable Two (Toyota-Honda) vs. Big Three (Chrysler-Ford-General Motors) reliability difference to a person's attention in day-to-day living

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Absence of mingling and communication between groups, especially adult groups, of significantly differing intelligence

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Differences in experiences between a Reliable Two owner and a Big Three owner that are so great as to prevent communication

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A sense of patriotism in the bottom half of the U.S. population that directs that sector to Big Three purchases

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