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Old 11-03-2015, 04:59 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by jsimon7777 View Post
Didn't sigma come from Ancient Greece?

That all said, there are still crap design decisions made in a lot of cars, all to hit a price point. Modern BMWs often have crap trim pieces. The second gen CTS was plastic fantastic in build quality. I test drove a 3-year-old CTS-V with the NA Vette engine. It was about to fall apart. I'm amazed no engine parts fell out as it rattled down the road.

So it's a complex story.
Oh no doubt at all! The bad decisions are not always just to hit price points (although many are) though. Cars are designed and made by people and people are known to screw up sometimes. If no other people catch it then some shoddy stuff hits the market.
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