How would you characterize decision making at General Motors
2007-02-21 12:36:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
It cant be that bad.
They are in the business of making vehicles and they do more of that and sell more than any other company on the planet.
The bad attitude may be due to the feeling that the US likes to criticize itself even when they are #1.
Once a company (or country) is #1 for a long time (like the USA) in nearly every measure, people start to have unrealistic expectations and expect perfection.
The company is not perfect, they have just shown that they are "better" than the alternative.
Do they make every decision right. Certainly not. But to hold on to so much market share for so long, they are clealy doing better at getting a product that the public willingly buys than other auto makers.
Every company makes mistakes but to stay #1 in the world market for this long shows something is right (still). The talk of demise of the US auto industry is 30 years old. GM is still #1.
2007-02-21 13:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Fred 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poor at best; not progressive enough and thats why they are about to lose first place. Soon Americans that make automobiles will work in factories that say Honda, Toyota, and Nissan rather than the current big 3. American automobile manufacturers refuse to make the cars people want to buy. I think a Mustang and the Shelby are sweet cars but I cant pay for the gas in them. If they made a car as reliable and low gas consumption they would do well!! They have a significant price advantage but they break down alot more than the Honda etc. I think if they pioneered electric cars they would get all the benefit back and then some. I honestly believe their intentions are to go bankrupt like the airlines and then run their business under bankruptcy like the airlines do. This will solve their problems with paying all the retirement as well as getting rid of unions.
2007-02-21 12:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't react to markets fast enough. Their only hybrid is a truck, their small car/ gas miser Aveo is a re-badged Daewoo. They took rear wheel drive out of the picture completely, even their luxury cars which should be. Look at basically all other luxury brands! They lost a great partnership with Toyota because of their greed. Basically they are the 1980's Chrysler for today.
2007-02-21 12:49:05 · answer #3 · answered by Mythos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say they're trying, but compared to companies like Toyota and Honda, they're not very innovative. Unlike the 1940's and 1950's when they came up with a marketting scheme that matched cars to social status, they haven't quite managed to capture the mood of their markets these days. They are no longer the industry leaders that they used to be.
2007-02-21 13:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by Rando 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Moronic
They, like most of their US competitors, have absolutely no vision. I used to be attracted to Saturn and thought it would be the first US built hybrid perhaps, but like the previous writer said, they've started building heavy, non-descript, boring gas guzzlers ... same old same old. Yawn at best, irresponsible to our planet at worst.
2007-02-21 15:18:39 · answer #5 · answered by SWMynx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. What were they thinking?
2. If I want a subcompact, I have to buy a foreign car now, because even Saturn has gone Big & Heavy.
2007-02-21 12:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋