Comments on: Was the Auto Industry Bailout Legal? It’s Debatable, Oversight Panel Says http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/was-the-auto-industry-bailout-legal-it%e2%80%99s-debatable-oversight-panel-says/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Youtube http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/was-the-auto-industry-bailout-legal-it%e2%80%99s-debatable-oversight-panel-says/comment-page-1/#comment-288791 Youtube Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:01:13 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=10541#comment-288791 See the <a href="http://videobegins.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">funniest Youtube Movies</a> in the universe at http://detonatevideo.blogspot.com/2010/03/frigid-kedarnath-video-adoration.html See the funniest Youtube Movies in the universe at http://detonatevideo.blogspot.com/2010/03/frigid-kedarnath-video-adoration.html

]]> By: Wad http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/09/09/was-the-auto-industry-bailout-legal-it%e2%80%99s-debatable-oversight-panel-says/comment-page-1/#comment-29951 Wad Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:52:31 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=10541#comment-29951 <i>How do Chrysler and GM plan to develop the design and technical expertise necessary to build vehicles with the fit-and-finish and price-point of, for example, a Honda Accord or Civic or a Toyota Camry or Corolla, not to mention a Toyota Prius?</i> I don't know if this is only a rhetorical question, but a better question would be directed to GM. GM, for 25 years, you and Toyota were partners in the Bay Area auto plant NUMMI, where the Toyota Corolla is made for the American market. You not only had the opportunity to learn Toyota's manufacturing and quality management techniques, but Toyota even allowed its cars to be rebadged as GM vehicles (Chevy Nova, Geo/Chevy Prizm, Pontiac Vibe). Why, in a quarter century, had you not learned anything from the NUMMI experience or leverage it to reform your company? It's a good question to ask, since now that both GM and Toyota dissolved NUMMI, it means another 10,000 jobs will be lost in the state. On the other hand, there has been a report that Solyndra, a maker of solar cells, is considering taking over the NUMMI plant. How do Chrysler and GM plan to develop the design and technical expertise necessary to build vehicles with the fit-and-finish and price-point of, for example, a Honda Accord or Civic or a Toyota Camry or Corolla, not to mention a Toyota Prius?

I don’t know if this is only a rhetorical question, but a better question would be directed to GM.

GM, for 25 years, you and Toyota were partners in the Bay Area auto plant NUMMI, where the Toyota Corolla is made for the American market. You not only had the opportunity to learn Toyota’s manufacturing and quality management techniques, but Toyota even allowed its cars to be rebadged as GM vehicles (Chevy Nova, Geo/Chevy Prizm, Pontiac Vibe). Why, in a quarter century, had you not learned anything from the NUMMI experience or leverage it to reform your company?

It’s a good question to ask, since now that both GM and Toyota dissolved NUMMI, it means another 10,000 jobs will be lost in the state.

On the other hand, there has been a report that Solyndra, a maker of solar cells, is considering taking over the NUMMI plant.

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