Comments on: September sales hangover to continue through 2009

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:34:03 +0000

Volumes on mismanagement can be written about ills of US auto industry. And BTW, there is absolutely no leadership to take industry out of the craphole. The only open chapter is on Cerberus.
Every corporation can make mistakes, but US auto industry makes a living out of it.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:45:16 +0000

Of course it will. As long as we have that d!ckhead still in office, nothing will improve.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:31:08 +0000

The big mistakes in no particular order:

1) Saturn. Let’s create a whole division to produce small cars to compete with the Japanese and end up with perhaps the worst (Ion) small cars in the industry.
2) Neon. Let’s create a small car that takes the industry by storm in the mid-nineties, not put the effort into refining it, and then follow it up with a lukewarm 2nd generation where the back end looked like it was riding on stilts.
3)Contour. Let’s give North America a taste of Ford Europe but give it a cheap interior so they’ll still feel right at home.

By: Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3

Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:46:18 +0000

This is not a political issue—it is a world issue. The price and demand for gas was the culprit here. American car manufacturers were sitting on their executive bonuses versus actually thinking ahead of the curve and designing/building what people now want to own. Although foreign car manufacturers were hit, they are much further ahead of the curve in their planning.

By: mayer_ray_nagin

mayer_ray_nagin — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:36:45 +0000

No no no no no. Obama will be elected and then we’ll all sing kumbaya and buy cars!

Obami can suck my salami, BTW.