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You are a fat and lazy people who can't make cars that don't rust in a week, and nobody anywhere else in the world would bother to buy one.

Jon, your assertion falls a little short of the facts.

1. Fat. I won’t argue that one.
2. Lazy. American workers are among the most productive in the world. In 2011 American workers ranked 4th in productivity behind only the Czech Republic, Taiwan and the Republic of Korea. Please note that our productivity is better than China, India, Japan and Germany.
3. Rusty cars. Please find below a just taken picture of the undercarriage of my 13 year old Chevrolet truck. During the 13 plus years I have owned this truck I have put 2 set of tires on it, replaced a $300 power window motor, a couple of running light bulbs and a $2.50 plastic catch in the tailgate latch mechanism. Other than that nothing but routine maintenance. I wouldn't think twice about using it to haul a 5000 lb trailer 1000 miles. In fact, I just did a few months ago.
4. US automobile exports. In 2011 the US exported nearly $50 billion worth of passenger vehicles. That number doesn’t include another $40 billion in automotive accessories.



Edited because I think the $50 billion number in vehicle sales does include commercial in about a 40% passenger / 60% commercial split.