ted, you've been trying to sell the idea that the American automakers' problems are management related, the most important blame of building models no one will buy.
That's wrong.
Look up statistics of the most popular selling vehicles, if they were building crap no one wanted as you say, they surely wouldn't be anywhere near the top of the list of quantities produced.
It isn't management deciding to build cars no one buys as you continue to state, the solution isn't to sell more cars, they already are at the top of the heap in sales.
No, it remains the mountain of debt the unions have created that are bankrupting the American automakers.
Unless you want to talk about quality since you mentioned American quality is crap as to why you bought a BMW. Seems quality would be an employee problem, not management, a problem that unions are responsible for...
yedda.com
Top 20 Selling Vehicles Up Until July 2007 (ranked by total units sold):
1. Ford F-Series: 411,926
2. Chevy Silverado: 357,893
3. Toyota Camry: 282,044
4. Toyota Corolla: 231,940
5. Honda Accord: 219,488
6. Dodge Ram: 214,569
7. Honda Civic: 201,652
8. Chevrolet Impala: 201,612
9. Nissan Altima: 164,717
10. Honda CR-V: 124,262
11. GMC Sierra: 115,185
12. Chevrolet Cobalt: 112,287
13. Toyota Prius: 110,565
14. Dodge Caravan: 110,507
15. Ford Focus: 109,876
16. Ford Econoline/Club Wagon: 106,045
17. Toyota Tundra: 105,990
18. Ford Escape: 104,645
19. Toyota-RAV4: 101,618
20. Honda Odyssey: 94,479 |
