still just me wrote:
> 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.
Bet he happily took home his $10.2 million package for 2006 undoubtedly
believing he earned every penny of it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/28/automobiles/28auto.html
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