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Excellent article concerning the future of Detroit, and in turn, America.
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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 517919" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>I read the article and I both agree and disagree with it. When it comes to GM I want nothing more than to see them succeed. My grandfather is a retired GM salary employee and if GM goes under who is to say what will happen with his pension and medical benefits. </p><p></p><p>GM has really put itself into the mess that its in. Its not just the unions or the management, but in some part both played a role in putting the company where its at today. The workers can only produce what management decides to build, and in my honest opinion the management at GM has not put out many quality vehicles that I can remember within my 27 year lifetime. In 1988 my parents purchased a new Oldsmobile Calais for my mother to drive. Ten years later the rear wheel wells had rusted out, the engine vibrated screws loose on the interior, both the heat and A/C barely worked, and overall the car was barely worthy of a junkyard when they finally got rid of it. My dad purchased a 1987 Chevy Nova(used and well beaten) which was a re badged Corolla and he sold that thing with over 250k miles on it still running strong with working A/C. What is interesting to note is out of the last 5 new vehicles purchased within my immediate and slightly extended family only one was a GM. The others included 3 toyotas and a honda. If someone handed me $25k and told me to buy a new car my first choice would be a VW Jetta TDI. I just don't see any GM vehicles(their trucks being the only exception) meeting the quality standards which have sadly been set by their foreign rivals. Some of Ford's new lineup has caught my attention, and Chrysler has some awesome cars (300M, Charger, Challenger) but none that are practical for me. Just chanting buy American does not do it for me, I want to purchase something because I believe it is superior to its market competition, not just because it was made (partially) in a plant somewhere within the U.S.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 517919, member: 249"] I read the article and I both agree and disagree with it. When it comes to GM I want nothing more than to see them succeed. My grandfather is a retired GM salary employee and if GM goes under who is to say what will happen with his pension and medical benefits. GM has really put itself into the mess that its in. Its not just the unions or the management, but in some part both played a role in putting the company where its at today. The workers can only produce what management decides to build, and in my honest opinion the management at GM has not put out many quality vehicles that I can remember within my 27 year lifetime. In 1988 my parents purchased a new Oldsmobile Calais for my mother to drive. Ten years later the rear wheel wells had rusted out, the engine vibrated screws loose on the interior, both the heat and A/C barely worked, and overall the car was barely worthy of a junkyard when they finally got rid of it. My dad purchased a 1987 Chevy Nova(used and well beaten) which was a re badged Corolla and he sold that thing with over 250k miles on it still running strong with working A/C. What is interesting to note is out of the last 5 new vehicles purchased within my immediate and slightly extended family only one was a GM. The others included 3 toyotas and a honda. If someone handed me $25k and told me to buy a new car my first choice would be a VW Jetta TDI. I just don't see any GM vehicles(their trucks being the only exception) meeting the quality standards which have sadly been set by their foreign rivals. Some of Ford's new lineup has caught my attention, and Chrysler has some awesome cars (300M, Charger, Challenger) but none that are practical for me. Just chanting buy American does not do it for me, I want to purchase something because I believe it is superior to its market competition, not just because it was made (partially) in a plant somewhere within the U.S. [/QUOTE]
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