There has been a lot of talk lately about loyalty over cost. Well I for one can say I would but American first unless there was a significant difference in price or quality. In regards to cars, I have owned both foreign and domestic but I probably will continue to buy American made as long as I am buying larger vehicles. I wish our nation could decide what we are. We can not say the free market failed in our current economic situation when the government was involved in all that failed. If banks had been allowed to only give loans to those who showed they could afford the payments and had built their credit trustworthiness then most would not have failed. They say credit unions have not been affected so much by the mortgage crisis, that is because they can be choosy when they give loans. Now the new "bailout" the government is talking about is Detroit. The failings of Detroit are not just bad business, it is the government telling them what kind of cars they must make, and the unions forcing wages and benefits even when they can not afford it. I have said it before and I will say it again, regulation should be all or nothing, you can not continuously interfere and then say the free market failed. Unions are the biggest hindrance to the free market, it stifles innovation and hard work. When there is no incentive to do better than your co-workers you do not. America is supposed to be about striving for excellence, doing better than your parents, not meritocracy. If we allow for innovation and do not punish prosperity maybe American made can mean something great again.