Capitol Hill Blue Forums Political Issues Finance, the economy & Economics Bailing out the auto industry - yes or no?

---I happen to think conversations like this one ARE indeed part of the reason why the auto industry needs bailing out.
They don't HAVE these conversations very often.
THEY USED TO!

That is why someone at GM dreamt up the idea of an air cooled, rear engined lightweight coupe that was ahead of its time and every other car on the planet. It was a disaster once it cleared committee but the original design was spectacular.
Had the Corvair been allowed to be all it could be, without the meddling of GM's beancounters, it would have stood the industry on its ear.

It's also the reason why most cars now have fiberglass hoods and trunks too. After five decades of successfully made Corvettes the industry realized one day that since they already had sufficient reinforcement in the frame or unibody of the vehicles there was no reason to make hoods or trunks out of steel when fiberglass would serve to increase efficiency by reducing weight.
Another great idea from the race team.