From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Sat May 13 2006 - 08:57:16 PDT
> We'll be down to Honda, Toyota (Seen the new FJ Cruiser? Its METAL!!!)
It sure would be nice if some of these were actually American companies.
Dave
Ryan Gill wrote:
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> Volvo, S&S, Dodge, and a few others like Volvo.
Well I think S&S is, but that hardly counts. Being an ex-Detroiter
and an ex-GM engineer just makes all of these bunglings hard to swallow.
They were screwed up when I left in '82 and it's been a downhill
slide for GM ever since. In the late 70's GM believed that they were
making close to 60% of the cars sold in the US. They didn't advertise
that fact and actually skewed the numbers that were reported to avoid
anti-trust actions. They were seriously concerned about the Government
breaking up the company. Not much later some real bozo's (bean
counters) took control of the company and began to drive it into the ground.
> At 10:39 AM -0400 5/13/06, MV wrote:
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>> GM - a bunch of idiots trying to make things.
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>> Their decision making ability is dismal.
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>> Example: GM Heavy truck division sold to Volvo - now Volvo truck -
>> uh... have you seen just a couple of Volvo trucks on the road?
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> Volvos been doing the Military Truck thing in Europe. Give them another
> 5-10 yeras, and they'll be shooting for US contracts soon.
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>> If only these guys had a clue about how to run a company.
>> Unfortunately all of the guys who actually grew General Motors and
>> Ford are dead. Apparently now the only guys in control are bean
>> counters and since they don't make beans, they are screwed.
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