Sr. Farago,
A candidate for Quote of the Day, perhaps. (If nothing else, its context may entertain you.)
“[W]e haven’t told our story very well. I’m not sure the public understands that Detroit is back. We’ve got some high-value, exciting products out there, but I’m not sure that the message has reached a majority of the American public.”
Bob Lutz (or Pete DeLorenzo) this summer? Nope: then GM prexy/COO Robert Stempel, quoted in the October 1989 issue of Car & Driver.
Le plus ça change, le plus c’est la même chose.
-argentla
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That’s been GM’s mantra ever since; blame the customer first and foremost.
Minor language correction: “plus ca change, plus c’est la même chose”. Drop the “le”.
AKM :
Merci beaucoup.
GM — Une compagnie distinguée affligée avec les clients stupides
See. I TOLD you that the shortsightednesses of GM, as well as their “blame everyone but us” attitude stemmed from the Roger Smith era.
GM has been saying the same thing for the past 3 decades. Even if you believe that their product is good now, it doesn’t matter because they suffer from boy-who-cried-wolf syndrome. Their blew their credibility years ago, and now no one is listening.
Cicero little correction
Une compagnie distinguée affligée de clients stupides
Keep the french coming though ;-)