No industry is more fundamental to the U.S. economy than automobiles; it accounts for more than 10 percent of American jobs. The Detroit 3 certainly are not without fault, but they have been dealt a lethal blow by a consumer credit crunch resulting from a housing market collapse they did not create. If the current 9 million-plus vehicle annual selling rate continues, not all auto companies, American or foreign, can survive.
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