On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:42:51 -0800 (PST), "larry moe 'n curly"
<larrymoencurly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>It's a good book, but, ironically, when it came out, Ford made
>something like record profits, and Nissan lost money.
Even if true, what has manufacturing low quality cars in models people
don't want to buy done for Ford? The Japanese have the right strategy.
The right strategy has been incredibly obvious to anyone with a brain,
but 30 years after the Japanese starting eating their breakfast, the
US manufacturers still don't have a freaking clue.
I saw GM's CEO give a speech last year in which at one point he argued
against CAFE standard increases for "trucks", because he claimed the
Japanese sold more smaller cars than trucks (and it was easier for
them to hit the average). Then, later in the same speech, he talked
about how sales were down because they weren't selling many tucks
anymore.
Apparently he couldn't connect the dots.
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