OK I will bite.
I would kill the Pontiac and Buick brands. Make Cadillac have some
slightly
downscale models to cover what was Buick.
I would put an interior in Corvette that is commensurate with a $55k car.
I would restyle the Cadillac to look more like the STS and get rid of the
horrible slab sides.
I would quit advertising SUVs. They sell plenty of them on their own.
Top Execs would take a $1/yr salary until GM is profitable again.
Kill the SUV hybrids. They do not fool anyone. Folks can see through
the
GM bullshit.
Build great cars but keep the price reasonable, including Cadillac and
Corvette. GM comes up with great cars then puts an outrageous price tag
on
them. You may be able to get away with these prices if resale keeps up
but
you need years to build up resale value. Be patient.
Put all the Cadillac options in the Chevy and keep the price down. Give
the
customer VALUE.
Get rid of the chevy bow tie, the cadillac crest; all symbols of old GM.
They do not cut it any more. Come up with new symbols.
Work on electric vehicles and hybrids but on small cars. Make them BETTER
than Toyota or Honda. Don't just meet them like you have typically done.
No one at GM has the balls to do what needs to be done.
Vito
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>> "CardsFan" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Sal" is very definition of a troll. He'll post here once in a while
>>> when he can find something he knows will elicit a response. If no one
>>> replies, the thread dies. (Does that sound too much like Johnny
>>> Cochran?)
>>>
>>> The current management team is better than they've had in a while and
>>> will need more time to retune the company toward profitability.
>>
>> Not buying that, unless you mean they are better at padding their
salary
>> by cutting cost.
>>
>>>GM is turning around. It is (slowly) getting a handle on labor and
>>>health-care costs,
>>
>> Again by squeezing the promised benefits from those that they can while
>> loading up on their perks and bonuses.
>>
>>> it's trying to reduce the number of models and brands, it's designing
>>> better, sometimes award-winning, cars and trucks. Some factors are
>>> outside > its control, like the overall economy. Yes, they should
>>> probably have foreseen the move away from large SUVs and trucks to
more
>>> fuel-economical vehicles. With the US mortgage meltdown, it has
turned
>>> out to be serendipitous that they sold off half of GMAC.
>>>
>>> The $38 billion figure trumpeted by "Uncle Vito" was almost all a
>>> non-cash charge to write down the value of deferred tax assets. One
>>> would suggest he > learn to read and understand financial statements.
>>> For the year, both globally and in North America, the actual loss from
>>> automotive operations was quite a bit smaller than an year ago.
>>>
>>> One other thing - GM leads the Dow companies, with a 9% increase in
its
>>> stock price so far this year.
>>
>> How many employees do you think paid for that bonus play?
>
> You don't need to convince me that the top management makes too much
> money, but it is no more egregious at GM than it is as many other large
> corporations. I fully agree that corporate bigshots are waaaaay
overpaid.
> But in a global automobile market, so, now, are American line workers.
> Protectionism sounds great in principle, but it doesn't work in the long
> run. I suspect the Japanese are sweating bullets over Hyundai. I'd
guess
> in 10 years the Koreans will be sweating bullets over the Chinese or
> Indians.
>
> Further down the thread, others are hollering about GM mistakes back in
> the 60s and 70s when the car market wasn't global. GM is actually doing
> fairly well outside of North America.
>
> If you were running GM, what would you do? Just remember this - money
> runs the game.
>
> My best,
>
> AJM
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