As sad as it is for life in Detroit, the US auto industry has not exactly learned any lessons from the 70's/80's when foreign cars started picking up in terms of sales. Plus, they neglect the American market in terms of style, performance and most importantly quality. They should have known that their busines plans based on large trucks and SUV's in the 1990's would only last for so long.
I have known far too many people that work in the industry and feel that they are owed something and have very little pride in their work, which is a huge cause in the lack of quality. I had two sides of my family working for Ford or Chrysler (pre Daimler) and sadly this is really what I saw growing up. I had two Chyslers and one Ford, none of which made it past 100k. Well, the Ford I dumped with 36k because it was already having problems. This might not be a popular view, but it is my honest opinion and it pains me to say it as I love Detroit and all of my family there. It's sad really. ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: list 313 <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:44:31 AM Subject: Re: (313) Business Automotive industry 'If General Motors were to lose out, I think Detroit would go under "We're not recyclers," he said of his countrymen. "We're consumers of products." the problem in a nutshell MEK Martin Dust <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/14/2008 09:06:49 AM: > grim reading: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/14/ford-chrysler-general-motors > > m
