Why Not Let Honda Et Al. Take Over GM?

Is any other Honda enthusiast struck by the U.S. Congress's
and President's effort to shore up and nationalize companies
that make terrible automobiles and have long promoted
gluttony by consumers? Why not instead compel, one way or
another, mergers with Honda, Toyota, and Subaru or Nissan
such that they would agree to start new plants, employ many
of Detroit's former workers, and fill the gap that the
demise of Detroit's auto companies would unquestionably
cause?

 

And why would this interest Honda and the others? How much should they
charge the Big Three to even perform due diligence, let alone take on
their baggage?

 

And why would this interest Honda and the others? How much should they
charge the Big Three to even perform due diligence, let alone take on
their baggage?

 

I know in Europe Nissan customers are less than happy

When Renault of France "joined" Nissan we discovered that instead of
Renaults becoming more reliable and well built it was Nissan cars that were
built down to Froggie (apologies standards

 

I know in Europe Nissan customers are less than happy

When Renault of France "joined" Nissan we discovered that instead of
Renaults becoming more reliable and well built it was Nissan cars that were
built down to Froggie (apologies standards

 

The government would pay Honda Et Al. for their interest as
opposed to paying money to the Big 3.

 

The government would pay Honda Et Al. for their interest as
opposed to paying money to the Big 3.

 

Keep the workers; throw out big 3 management.

 

Keep the workers; throw out big 3 management.

 

I repeat, why would keeping competitors alive interest Honda et al?

 

I repeat, why would keeping competitors alive interest Honda et al?

 

No no; I am saying let the competitors die. Just move their
workers to Honda et al. and continue making Hondas, Toyotas
etc. but not the crappy Fords, GMs, and Chryslers.

If you have not been reading about the proposed Big 3
bailout, you are not going to understand this thread.

 

No no; I am saying let the competitors die. Just move their
workers to Honda et al. and continue making Hondas, Toyotas
etc. but not the crappy Fords, GMs, and Chryslers.

If you have not been reading about the proposed Big 3
bailout, you are not going to understand this thread.

 

Ha ha. If you don't understand international competitive dynamics and
game theory, you are over your head.

 

Ha ha. If you don't understand international competitive dynamics and
game theory, you are over your head.

 

So you are unaware of the bailout. Wrong thread for you.

 

So you are unaware of the bailout. Wrong thread for you.

 

I read an interesting tongue-in-check proposal to
have Steve Jobs take over GM. When Steve left
Apple for eight years to run NeXT and Pixar,
Apple pretty much became the GM of computers-
almost bankrupt, stoogy old product lines,
excessive model types, etc.
When Steve returned he dumped non-core functions
such as manufacturing, cut product lines by 2/3rds,
and returned style to the lineup.

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20081207_005508.html

 

I read an interesting tongue-in-check proposal to
have Steve Jobs take over GM. When Steve left
Apple for eight years to run NeXT and Pixar,
Apple pretty much became the GM of computers-
almost bankrupt, stoogy old product lines,
excessive model types, etc.
When Steve returned he dumped non-core functions
such as manufacturing, cut product lines by 2/3rds,
and returned style to the lineup.

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2008/pulpit_20081207_005508.html

 

Hi,
Big 3 can make cars superior to Honda and others. If top game caller is
engineering backgroundtype. Book keeper type has had top jobs who
created wrong market/product strategy. Management style has to change
to produce cars people want to buy. They've been producing cars they
want to sell(same old technology with new skins), not the cars people want.