General Motors Death Watch 42: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
I used to think that spin meant arranging facts to conceal their meaning. After watching Rabid Rick Wagoner's responses to the pre-shocks signaling GM's impe…
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General Motors Death Watch 41: Fiddling Around
'I'd just like to set the record straight here and now,' Rabid Rick Wagoner wrote in an email circulated yesterday on GM's intranet. 'There is absolutely no…
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General Motors Death Watch 40: My Mother Was a Saint
If it wasn't so funny, it would be sad. GM loses billions in ill-advised overseas 'investments', produces an over-abundance of vehicles that are two model cy…
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General Motors Death Watch 39: Cassandra Crossing
For over 30 years, Maryann Keller's kept tabs on The General. The auto industry analyst has watched GM lose billions in overseas investments, surrender great…
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Ford: Built for the Brand Ahead?
So, Ford has a new guck. I only caught a few seconds of the ad touting The Blue Oval's "Grand Unifying Concept", but I'm reasonably sure Mr. Bill promised th…
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General Motors Death Watch 38: General by Name
While GM models continue to debut and disappear like Manolo Blahniks, the Chevrolet Corvette stays the course, slowly evolving towards excellence. To mark th…
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General Motors Death Watch 37: Get Shorty
Details of The General's highly-touted secret accord with the United Auto Workers (UAW) have finally filtered out. Even a cursory glance at the fine print&nd…
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