Will There Ever be a Great American Car Again?

I’m afraid that the last in a long line of great American cars is going to come to a skidding halt if the Government gets involved in the bailout of the industry. Making cars will be as painful as sitting in line at the DMV because the automakers will have to answer to the Environmental Protection Agency, Depts of Labor, Energy and Transportation- and some stupid position called the “Car Czar.” We won’t have any more cars like this-

Dan Riehl has this to say at his blog here:

Congress is talking like they actually know how to run a business. How’s that Social Security Trust Fund doing under their control? And don’t forget the underfunded pension plans. In fact, if our Federal and many state governments were in front of Congress as businesses looking for a bailout, no debate would be required. They’d never qualify for help and only their ability to extract dollars from people’s pockets by decree is keeping them afloat as it is. But suddenly they know something about good management? Please!

With Government oversight, I’m sure we will see the rebirth of the Vega, the Monza, the Pinto and the Pacer.

However bad the car companies are struggling now- the Government controlling things will put a dagger in its heart. Its just making my Chevy SSR more of a collector’s item.

UPDATE! Michelle Malkin is blogging this morning about how General Motors has been recycling their apologies to the public from 2003.