Date: 29 Dec 2001 19:25:57 -0800 From: wfc_001nopsamail.com (w) Subject: Re: Whats wrong with the V6?
Curtis L. Russell <sagwagonnopsamatlantic.net> wrote in message news:<0dcp2u4nihr4s0tg38sseloi2c8i1m56lpnopsamcom>... > Accountants rarely call the shots anywhere - maybe a finance person or > two. Profits are an issue anywhere, and the purpose of the accountant > is to report costs, expenses and income accurately. When they don't > (anyone hear Arthur Andersen's name again?), then you have an Enron. > Sometimes when they do, you have engines that can't be produced for > their price slot. > > Its up to operations to make a good auto at the right cost points. If > they can't, it doesn't make it the responsibility of the accountant to > lie so everyone feels happy for a while. I've owned a '78 99, a 80 > turbo, an 86 turbo and a 90 turbo before the current 97 convertible. > Loved the cars, but they weren't exactly making profits that brought > in rational investors. If they did, Saab would still be independent. > > Blaming a bad engine on the person that produces the cost reports is a > simple-minded - and extremely simple-minded - shortcut for explaining > away operational issues and problems. > > Curtis L. Russell > Odenton, MD. (USA) > Pure business-major doublespeak drivel. I live in the U.S. so I'm familiar with the crap Detroit passes off as automobiles. Look who's running Ford and GM - and then look who's running the German big 3. Get it? Detroit concentrates on who their "customer" is- so they worry about cupholders, garish grille fobs and non-sensical hearse-like designs (PT Cruiser). Germany, Japan (and Sweden) worry about quality and form following function. They know those simple ideas are what sell cars to people aho know better. Lee Iacocca and the Smith's were the worst thing to ever happen to the automobile industry.
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