Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: June 15, 2009
As I have posted a few times in the last few weeks, I do not understand the logic behind reducing dealers and saving the car companies. I understand why the manufacturers might want to reduce the number of dealers, but I do not understand the use of cost savings as the justification. I have been [...]
Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: March 30, 2009
I have had the day to think about how I feel about Rick Wagoner being fired as CEO of GM and the process by which it happened. Those who have heard me speak know that I have cited GM as a continued example of mismanagement for more than 20 years. Through what I have called, [...]
Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: January 9, 2009
We love seeing companies that are innovative in their approach to helping customers, and in so doing, help themselves. We criticize the automobile industry a lot (for valid reasons we think), but in this case we can report on an innovative approach to selling more new cars.
In today’s US economy people are reluctant to spend [...]
Posted by: Mitch/Ralph on: December 1, 2008
The U.S. auto industry is in melt-down mode, that’s not news. The root cause problem(s) depend on who you ask, but the need to sell cars and trucks … now … is not in dispute. And there lies a problem.
In the early 1990s another recession struck the U.S. economy. Back then it was an accepted [...]
