These 3 FOREIGN Cars HUMILIATED The American Auto Industry In 1972

These 3 FOREIGN Cars HUMILIATED The American Auto Industry In 1972 Detroit refused a safety feature that saves 15,000 lives a year. Their reason? Too expensive. GM managers called the world's first 4WD passenger car a joke. Too ugly. Too Japanese. One Mercedes engineer held more patents than Thomas Edison. Detroit had never heard of him. While America was busy laughing, Sweden, Germany and Japan were busy winning. Did Detroit ever figure out what hit them? #classiccars #vintagecars #subaru -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔗 To donate for our efforts: https://buymeacoffee.com/4wheelsandfuel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer This video is created for educational, commentary and historical purposes. Some voices are AI-generated and are not the real voices of Jeremy Clarkson, Jay Leno or any other public figures. Images, clips and references to Top Gear are used under Fair Use (Section 107, U.S. Copyright Act) for purposes such as criticism, comment, scholarship and research. We make no claim of ownership over any copyrighted material. All rights remain with their respective owners.