David Cole
David Cole
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I think it's probably a good move. One of the subtle dimensions of this is that when you move like that, not everybody moves. That's an automatic opportunity to significantly restructure.
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A weak GM gave everybody an ability to do things without having to worry as much, ... As GM gets stronger, it's going to put more heat on people like DaimlerChrysler.
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Every one of the Big Three faces a problem right now of about $2,000 to $2,500 per vehicle produced cost disadvantage. If that plays out over time, they're all dead. It's change or die. Everything is driven by a profitable business. If you can't be profitable, you can't be in business. That is, I think, recognition that everybody is aware of.
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The president was right. If Detroit has to wait around for Washington to act, they'll be dead and buried.
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When you look at the complexity of the business, it's not really a surprise. There's a lot of legacy practices that need to be fractured. What they have now with e-technology are the tools to really get at it.
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Why should women from Rutgers and Livingston be denied the right to participate?
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I don't think a great many people really believed that (the Delphi bankruptcy) was going to happen.
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We saw resistance to the initial Korean cars, but that was mainly related to quality. If the quality (of Chinese cars) is up to snuff, if the consumer feels there's value, they'll go for it.
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Visitors are turned off by employees who mispronounce local street names.
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You have to surround yourself with people who know the other parts of the company. Rick has done that. That's one of his strengths.
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Bill Ford's philosophy is that he wants a team at the top of the pyramid,
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Everyone was up in volume, but if some are up more, it means redistribution of the market, ... The real growth has come from the Koreans and Europeans while the Big Three (GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler) really suffered loss in market share.
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With that out there as uncertainties, it would be a mistake for them to put out any estimates.
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The president is free to ask Congress to change the law, but he isn't free to order officials to break the law.