It had a disclaimer, so should be fine.<p>Regarding the competitiveness of the US car industry: Vaclav Smil makes a slightly different case in &quot;Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing&quot;, where he points out that &quot;For too long the machines stayed too large, too inefficient, and, on average, too unreliable.&quot; Add two oil crisis to that, quality problems and high prices and you get a perfect storm.<p>The NUMI story from This American Life was a great listen.