Great American Spirit Research Paper
What is it that evokes the great American spirit when it comes to our cars? Is it one certain brand that makes us feel it? Is it a certain type of vehicle, Semi-truck, pickup truck, car or even a motorcycle? What is the great American spirit that I am referring to? We could ask a thousand different people what the American spirit is to them and get a thousand different answers. I believe that when it all boils down to it the great American spirit is Freedom.
Two hundred years ago the only way to get from one place to another was to walk or depend on an animal like a horse or ox to take us where we needed to go. The trips were often times long and very dangerous resulting in very few people venturing too far from the area they grew up in. Of course this is on land. Many people traveled great distances on the oceans. As time progressed and inventions …show more content…
They ultimately closed the plant but a couple of years later in a joint venture with Toyota, Another auto manufacture, the plant reopened. The entire work force was sent to Japan for intense training and as a result the plant became one of Chevrolets best functioning plants. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125229157) Despite the fact that the automotive industry is a very competitive market sometimes a joint venture with another manufacture can be a recipe for success. Some of the big manufactures own other manufactures and share products like Ford and Mazda or for several years, General Motors and Isuzu there have been and are some that are in corporate partnerships. Chevrolet and Suzuki some to mind. The Geo Metro was a rebadged Suzuki Swift built in Japan and shipped to the US. This proved to be a good strategy for Chevrolet because it helped them to enter into the small car market and hone their skills and refine their cars and options for those
Two hundred years ago the only way to get from one place to another was to walk or depend on an animal like a horse or ox to take us where we needed to go. The trips were often times long and very dangerous resulting in very few people venturing too far from the area they grew up in. Of course this is on land. Many people traveled great distances on the oceans. As time progressed and inventions …show more content…
They ultimately closed the plant but a couple of years later in a joint venture with Toyota, Another auto manufacture, the plant reopened. The entire work force was sent to Japan for intense training and as a result the plant became one of Chevrolets best functioning plants. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125229157) Despite the fact that the automotive industry is a very competitive market sometimes a joint venture with another manufacture can be a recipe for success. Some of the big manufactures own other manufactures and share products like Ford and Mazda or for several years, General Motors and Isuzu there have been and are some that are in corporate partnerships. Chevrolet and Suzuki some to mind. The Geo Metro was a rebadged Suzuki Swift built in Japan and shipped to the US. This proved to be a good strategy for Chevrolet because it helped them to enter into the small car market and hone their skills and refine their cars and options for those