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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (437651)	12/2/2008 7:35:22 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1573909

And nowhere in your story of Nissan's turnaround did you mention "bailout." Let's be fair ...Nissan never came to the edge of the abyss as the big 3 have now. Point #2...the Nissan brand was intact, unlike that of GM and Chrysler, Ford too but to a lesser degree. When the typical urban dweller thinks of a chevy, the mind share drifts to visions of stodgy uncool cars, with engines that, despite the same displacement, are typically less powerful than their Japanese counterparts. When I travel and end up renting a Chevy, i usually get this sensation that I am traveling in a Hoover vacuum cleaner...gun the engine and you get an underwhelming mix of Hoover suction through a tin can. The finish inside the cars is boring and uninteresting...add a reputation of inferior quality and you get the picture. Look at a Maxima or an infinity G series or an Avalon and you get the looks of an exotic, an engine to match it, and the drive of a european sports sedan. That's what it will take for "GM" to win. Unions part of the solution? sure. But a lot more to do with designing a business model that will turn around mind_share ....that involves world class cars, warranties that stand behind their quality, press campaigns, top notch ads, and so on. By the way, I have some hope that Ford's new CEO can turn that company around, bailout or not. Maybe he can accomplish for Ford what Ghosn did for Nissan. Hope so... Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (437651)	12/2/2008 8:10:14 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573909

By the way, I have some hope that Ford's new CEO can turn that company around, bailout or not. Maybe he can accomplish for Ford what Ghosn did for Nissan. He helped turn Boeing around. Its too bad he didn't get to Ford when they still had a huge cash pile.