Look at the collapse on these cars! Is it this bad on the domestic builds? I'm really curious now, seeing these pictures after seeing the German crash tests of the Chinese Brilliance models.

Wondering while I wandered the other day - if labor is only 10% of a car's cost, what is the bulk of the remaining expense [[is it steel?) and are some companies cutting corners in vehicle builds that aren't readily obvious to the consumer? Yes, there is regulation for safety standards, but is it possible some companies are over-building relative to standards and the competition, causing those companies to have a higher cost product? It's not as if the average consumer would see the difference in structural steel strength just by eyeballing the car.