DesRosiers says the Japanese, in particular, concentrated on building four or five key products for the marketplace, and that ultimately hurt the North American carmakers who offered much more choice."We've known for 15 years, GM has had too many products
Of course 'we' are responsible for the problem! Like me, most won't spend $50-$60 grand on a pick-up truck. Instead, we opt to look after, and maintain the vehicles we have and 'squeeze every mile out of them' that we can. If everyone would only put their selfishness aside and and go out today and purchase one of these overpriced POS, then the 'Big Three' wouldn't need loans or have to make ridiculous cutbacks like getting rid of corporate jets and giving up multi-million dollar bonuses and the 'workers' could all continue to collect $70.00 per hr!
Ummm, people did, so the Big 3 increased capacity but then people stopped and the Big 3 had nothing to fall back on.....
Consumers are only to blame in that they've supported these shitty companies for too long. Had consumers demanded better quality, safer and more environmentally friendly vehicles 30 years ago, this may have been a competitive industry. Consumers are to blame for their passive loyalty to domestic shitboxes.
Yes because Toyota didn't build plants in NA in the past 30 years to build full size pickup trucks that aren't selling today either...sarcasm off
The movie Top Secret covered the main problem with the Pinto quite well. When I was 8 or 9 my dad bought a Maverick, which seemed ok....until a Deer ran into us one eventful night.
Yes because Toyota didn't build plants in NA in the past 30 years to build full size pickup trucks that aren't selling today either...sarcasm off
I was thinking more of alternative vehicles (electic, hybrid, gasoline, whatever) made by companies that we haven't heard of, whether North American or foreign. The lack of competition in the industry, as a whole, has led significantly to its current state.
I wonder what will happen with the Volt if GM goes bankrupt.
If I had to wager, I'd say some other company will step up and make a similar but superior product.
let them die, all of them. learn to save like the rest of us.