Farewell after 7+ years

[Brett Dikeman]

On Sep 21, 2005, at 6:37 PM, Todd Young wrote:

> and a German designed body (Ford hired some designer from VW for  
> the Five Hundred).....

Ah.  I was wondering why it looked like a big Passat.  Is it just me,  
or do they ride extremely high?

Well, at least it's not a GM; NPR was just covering how GM is  
virtually strangling their suppliers, and in the next few days is  
expected to demand a ~20% cost cut from suppliers.  The smart  
suppliers have been switching to supply Toyota, Honda, etc.  The dumb  
ones are sticking with GM, and GM is demanding measures like  
"outsourcing" the work to Mexico, China, and other strongholds of  
quality.  Won't it be a sad day when a Japanese car has more USA-made  
parts than a GM?

B
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