Re: Consider buying American!

M.M. <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>An interesting book about U.S. vs. Japanese car makers is "The 
>Reckoning" by David Halberstam. It compares Nissan and Ford but is 
>relevant to the others as well. One of the main themes is that U.S. car 
>makers are run mostly by bean counters looking at the short term bottom 
>line whereas Japanese companies are run by engineers and manufacturing 
>people who are truly 'car people' and more concerned with a quality 
>product. It was written in the mid 80's but is still applicable today. 
>An interesting read...

It is less and less applicable these days, as Japanese car makers are
falling into the same traps that destroyed American car makers and are
increasingly becoming concerned with short term profits rather than the
end product.  It is very disturbing.  There are an increasing number of
MBAs running Japanese car companies, and that's a bad sign.
--scott
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