I'm not a member of President Obama's automotive task force, which is overseeing the bailout of General Motors and Chrysler.
But in a way, we're all on the task force, since these two automakers are staying afloat thanks to taxpayer funding that could reach $40 billion or more this year.
So I'm going to give Detroit some advice.
Not about labor contracts or debt refinancing or global alliances, but just about cars. It's true that the quality of American-made cars has improved in recent years. But that's not enough. If the folks running the Detroit Three—including Ford,
which hasn't asked for a bailout but still might—drove the latest offerings from the competition, they'd realize there are lots of innovations they're missing out on. (See a slideshow.) Here are some of the top cars from which the Detroit automakers can learn:
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