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Interesting quote:

"Moreover, a study by consulting firm KPMG last year found that American consumers would trust brands like Google and Apple more for self-driving cars than they would automakers."

Which reminded me of this from a while back:

"Early concept research had made it clear that cueing the GM name resulted in a substantially lower quality perception and credibility, whereas cueing a Japanese name (such as Sony) did the reverse."

http://books.google.com/books?id=OLa_9LePJlYC&lpg=PA1946&pg=...




Too bad so many Asian brands seem hell-bent on destroying that good name with cheap garbage. Vaio laptops, anyone?


Yeah give me an American Dell any day! Oh, wait...


They never had a good name in the first place to destroy.




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