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Reliability & the Domestic Auto Industry
Toyota took fifty years to achieve its late success in the industry. It took a discarded American statistician to show them how to get it done. Toyota understood variation and how to effectively manage it. (past tense on purpose) But, US manufacturers are not as bad as the Consumer Reports editorial board and other pundits have painted them. Why? ...
Posted to Kausfiles by Chuckgf on June 13, 2009
cadillac prices
We will never be able to pay off all of the mounting debt of Chrysler and GM. Let them go into bankruptcy.
Posted to Moneybox by david wayne osedach on March 31, 2009
chrysler
It would be great to see Fiat in Chrysler showrooms. I've driven and owned Fiats and Seats. Both highly reliable.
Posted to Explainer by david wayne osedach on March 31, 2009
Change-o-Meter
Great work. Great Change Obama. Now do the same @ AIG.
Posted to Change-o-Meter by david wayne osedach on March 30, 2009
obama to wagoner
GM will go belly up! Take your twenty million.
Posted to Kausfiles by david wayne osedach on March 30, 2009
lemon populism
Obamas giving Detroit a revolving line of no questions asked credit is particularly bitter. Promising to guarantee their warranties is worse.
Posted to The Has-Been by david wayne osedach on March 30, 2009
A Worm for the Big Apple
“When the Action Moves On” is the title of a rather silly article in today’s NY Times. It starts out with “This week, the eyes of the world will be on Washington as perhaps two million people descend to bask in the Obama glow. City officials expect more than 10,000 tour buses to roll into the area. Hotels 150 miles away have been booked for ...
Posted to Politics by mathpol on January 17, 2009
New Jobs
Better than throwing a trillion @ AIG, et. al., help Main St. first! Use that trillion for government subsidized jobs. Put the people back to work. And forget about the CEO's of Detroit. They deserve no less than bankruptcy.
Posted to Today's Papers by david wayne osedach on December 21, 2008
die another day
They will indeed go bankrupt soon as the bailout spigot is cut. How will Bush and his cronies be paid back for forking over the $17.4 billion?
Posted to Today's Papers by david wayne osedach on December 20, 2008
Don't Bail Detroit: Go Electric!
<a href=http://acreofindependence.com/2008/12/13/electric-cars-in-america-can-we-do-it/>Here</a> are some pros and cons for shifting the entire US personal transportation economy from gas to electric. One thing is certain right now, in terms of the future; Detroit has largely abdicated a place for itself there at this point, ...
Posted to The Best Policy by Bob W. on December 13, 2008

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