tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26061284.post3568767270831556894..comments2024-03-14T02:18:47.610-05:00Comments on TheRightRant: Let GM fail this timeEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01235046826421680852noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26061284.post-46220147125043452962012-08-28T15:21:00.960-05:002012-08-28T15:21:00.960-05:00"In the long term Sloan made GM’s cars—and al..."In the long term Sloan made GM’s cars—and all the other companies, including Ford, followed suit—into what have been termed ‘overblown, overpriced monstrosities built by oafs for thieves to sell to mental defectives.’12 By the 1950s, American cars had become ‘technologically out of date, impractical and unsafecathedrals of chrome, manufactured sloppily and sold using methods than can only be described as shameful.’ The Buick and Oldsmobile of 1958 were ‘Huge, vulgar, dripping with pot metal, and barely able to stagger down the highway. They were everything car people hated about the American automobile.’13 As a result, the Japanese car industry was able to do to GM what GM had done to Ford in the 1920s."<br /><br />Johnson, Paul (2009-06-23). A History of the American People (p. 731). Harper Collins, Inc.. Kindle Edition.davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26061284.post-22518227267218729922012-08-28T15:14:41.096-05:002012-08-28T15:14:41.096-05:00Hey, GM is stopping production of the Volt. They s...Hey, GM is stopping production of the Volt. They say it's so they can revamp the Impala. I say neither is worth the effort.davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26061284.post-31439081864277635852012-08-26T16:05:20.514-05:002012-08-26T16:05:20.514-05:00Ever hear of survial of the fittest? GM failed. No...Ever hear of survial of the fittest? GM failed. No one wants or buys GM products because they are inferior. Hell, GM engineers don't even drive GM cars because they know what they are producing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26061284.post-89693207080480882342012-08-20T06:13:03.274-05:002012-08-20T06:13:03.274-05:00No more Oldsmobuicks!No more Oldsmobuicks!davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26061284.post-73538898138264886922012-08-18T10:42:18.514-05:002012-08-18T10:42:18.514-05:00I agree. Everyone benefits when the market gets a ...I agree. Everyone benefits when the market gets a say!davidnoreply@blogger.com