What business strategy do you guys think can save GM or Delta from going under?

[Fe 26]

WHen I think financial advise for some of the biggest companies in the world, I think TNL.

when I think of an easy way to get out of actually doing my English papers on my own, I think TNL

[BerringerX]

Step One: Steal underpants.

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Profit!

[gamevet]

In GM's case, I only see three options. One is to take a huge capital hit and re-engineer their entire assembly process. The second is for some kind of government subsidy or tariff to level the playing field with Toyota and Honda. The last one is to throw the worthless union assholes out and get some labor that would actually be paid according to skill level like the rest of the world.

True.

GM also has a problem with product image. GM and Ford make/made a ton of money off of replacement parts, because of the way they've made their vehicles; They aren't made to last for the long haul, and American car manufacturers have relied too much on the consumer replacing the product every 3-5 years, or getting raped by their service department for repairs.

[Granderoho]

when I think of an easy way to get out of actually doing my English papers on my own, I think TNL

It's actually an economics paper, so get off my nutts.

[Doc Holliday]

This is Granderoho first thread. May we welcome our new friend, our prince of The Next Level, our king of the Internet.

[Granderoho]

This is Granderoho first thread. May we welcome our new friend, our prince of The Next Level, our king of the Internet.

I didn't know you cared.

[Mykozo]

Plastics.

[D_N_G]

Hi Daddy Warbuck$

[Josh]

Hi D_N_G.

[MarkRyan]

GM's been turning around for the past five years or so, but sadly it takes about that long for a product to come to fruition. We're just now seeing some of GM's new world-beater products appearing--C6 Corvette, Cadillac CTS, Chevy Malibu, Pontiac G8.

They've got some very good products but now need to tackle the public image hurdle. Stuff like...

GM and Ford make/made a ton of money off of replacement parts, because of the way they've made their vehicles; They aren't made to last for the long haul, and American car manufacturers have relied too much on the consumer replacing the product every 3-5 years, or getting raped by their service department for repairs.

...isn't really true. American build and interior quality was pretty lax 5-10 years ago, but actual reliability wasn't any worse than anything else. The build and interior quality points are definitely being addressed in new products from GM. My relatively modern GM car has better interior than any other car in its approximate class.

I definitely think GM's on the turnaround, and while they may lose even more market share to vanilla Toyota in the next year or so, I see them taking it back. They already did will for January '08.