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too big, or too many "bean counters" ???
Posted by bamaSAAB (more from bamaSAAB) on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:19:32
In Reply to: Toyota quality czar, CWilson, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:48:38
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MY take on GM is that all this began in the late 60's, early 70's when management changed from engineering backgrounds to accountants. Maximizing profit and high quality seldom work together.
Maybe Toyo has been taken over by accountants??
My office manager's first Corolla went way over 200k before the timing belt broke...with no other damage incidently.... and is still in service nearing 300k. Her husband drives it back and forth to the Mercedes plant, over 150 miles a day. Her 2006 Corolla has had nigling problems, to the point she'd looking to trade it on something "reliable". Obviously she's not a "car person", but drives 100 miles a day back and forth to work.
Maybe Toyo's time is near?? Their cheapest interiors aren't as cheap looking as GM's though....don't kow about you, but that's where I spend all my "car time".
Chris
departed from Saab for now
'06 M35 25k/12 mos -nearly perfect
'05 Mazda3 24k/23 mos wife's- absolutely perfect
'91 SPG 125k son's UNBEATABLE!
'88 SPG 155k son-in-law's likewise
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Posts in this Thread:
- Toyota vs Saab quality..., Mike Lynch
, Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:55:05- Will never buy another Toyota...Quality is "perceived", x, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:22:54
- FWIW, new Civics vs. old Civics, Finch, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:07:50
- AutoWeek maybe?..nm, Mike Lynch , Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:39:07
- Toyota quality czar, CWilson, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:48:38
- Couldn't find it on NPR or PBS sites, but if you, Noel, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:51:32
- I hope this makes the national commercial media too..., MI-Roger
, Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:45:09
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