General Motors is learning some important lessons by selling its vehicles in China that could apply to its problems back at home, explains Newsweek. “There’s a lesson in GM’s success in China: to compete it must act less like a lumbering behemoth and more like a scrappy newcomer,” writes George Wehrfritz. “Taken together, the success of GM in Shanghai, and of Toyota in North America, suggests the problems confronting American automobile manufacturing have nothing to do with the quality of U.S. management, or the inherent costs of its workers. The problem is the way they mix in the century-old bureaucracies of Detroit.”
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06/21, 12:40 PM
posted by:
Anonymous (not the real one)
GM rules, everyone else sucks, blah, blah, blah…
I just thought I’d beat him to it and posted what he was going to say anyway.
06/21, 12:43 PM
posted by:
Shdwtek
^^ Haha… that’s great.
06/21, 12:43 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
Ya… didn’t I hear ‘Buick’ is a big deal in China? Shows you that there’s always a new pack of rubes when the carnival comes to town. Where next? ….Iraq? Oooops!
j i m
06/21, 12:48 PM
posted by:
Jon
GM’s credit rating got downgraded, yet again. But, yeah GM is the best company ever!
Jon.
06/21, 1:16 PM
posted by:
Dean
… not to mention the memories of those who drove CRAP and aren’t willing to drive a GM product anytime soon. But fortunately, the Chinese don’t have any history of that CRAP. Lucky them. Maybe they will experience some of it soon.
06/21, 1:27 PM
posted by:
Yozzie
Hey #3, GM is actually doing great business supplying the contractors and the Iraqi police – and as a bonus, they have a great repeat business, since so many of their Suburbans and LCVs are getting blown to bits…
06/21, 1:32 PM
posted by:
Toy Yoda
I don’t get it. The article contradicts itself. There’s nothing wrong with the ‘quality of U.S. management’ but in the same sentence, the blame goes to ‘century-old bureacracies of Detroit’. So what’s the freaking difference?
So if GM blames it on bureacracy and not on upper management, which is basically the same damn thing, what chance does GM have of improving itself? To be fair, I don’t think GM’s cars are so bad that it merits reputation it’s got.
06/21, 1:34 PM
posted by:
Jon
Yozzie,
If GM is doing so great why are they in such financial dire?
Jon.
06/21, 1:38 PM
posted by:
Yozzie
Um… Jon… “doing great in Iraq”, buddy. That’s “great in Iraq”. Like, a joke?
06/21, 2:28 PM
posted by:
Dav
gm doesnt suck. their managment, products, and current financial situation suck. lets not get confused here. i mean, i’de drive a GM product if they werent tasteless, bland, and mostly, badly made. i would gladly turn in my Benz C32 for an Impala LS if they werent such crap (i hope by now you sense the sarcasm).
06/21, 2:33 PM
posted by:
anon
JAPAN, how old are you…3? Is asswipe dimwit the only thing you know how to say?
Dav, I own an Impala LS with nearly 150K miles on it and have not had an ounce of trouble with it so what is the basis of your statement?
06/21, 2:33 PM
posted by:
Yozzie
Thanks for the feedback Japan. I love it when 9-year-olds get into daddy’s computer and start pretending to be grown-ups.
06/21, 3:09 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
GM is all Americans should buy. It is the smart thing to do
06/21, 6:18 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
#16 you are absolutely right !
06/21, 6:18 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
Thank-you #18
06/21, 9:20 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
#19 you are very polite !
06/22, 11:17 PM
posted by:
Anonymous
if the chinese love gm so much, they can have it
gm can stay in china and dont ever come back
06/23, 9:59 PM
posted by:
Bubba
Less to do with the management of GM, what kinda of stuff is this guy smoking? This guy is obviously dummer than most of the general public!
06/25, 2:18 AM
posted by:
M
The reason Buick is doing good in China is because it isn’t competing with itself. Here in the US GM keeps over lapping brands like crazy. Thier worst mistake recently is Saturn, not only will it drive stakes into Chevy and Pontiac, but it will drain money out of GM because importing those Opels from Europe isn’t cheap! I say KILL SATURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!