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Suzuki Death Watch 7: Inside The Horrible Dysfunction At American Suzuki
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: November 6th, 2012
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Late last night, we were contacted by an employee of American Suzuki Motors Corp, who reached out to TTAC to vent his frustrations regarding the downfall of ASMC’s auto business. The picture painted by this employee is one of a highly dysfunctional operation, focused only on tomorrow and never beyond that, a revolving door of Japanese management and deep antipathy for American workers.
Though we’ve confirmed the identity of this Suzuki employee, they wished to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of their remarks.
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one less Japanese car maker here.... No big loss! The Koreans are taking the market anyway. Probably wont be the last! I can see Mitsubishi the next to go and then Subaru.
Subaru is backed by Toyota and they're not going anywhere. I agree that Mazda's long-term prospects aren't good. But my money is on Mitsubishi Motors USA to go muerta. If their USA level of dysfunction still exists like it did when I did, they're doomed. They'll get out of here once they figure out what to do with the Normal, IL plant.