Comments on: Freep: MI’s “Road to Recovery” Paved with R&D Gold http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/freep-mis-road-to-recovery-paved-with-rd-gold/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:19:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: slateslate http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/freep-mis-road-to-recovery-paved-with-rd-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-91947 slateslate Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:59:41 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/freep-mis-road-to-recovery-paved-with-rd-gold/#comment-91947 GM, F and Chrysler would be best served if they moved their exterior and interior designers to SoCal....leaving the management and mechanical engineers in RenCen/Dearborn. (unless I'm mistaken and the 2.8's designers are already in SoCal.) But then again.....having Ford's Prestige Auto Group hq'd in SoCal didn't help Jag/Volvo. Maybe Chrysler should just turn give up on its own brands and turn into a contract manufacturer like Solectron/Magna. The Germans need North American assembly to hedge against weak dollar....the Asians need more capacity. GM, F and Chrysler would be best served if they moved their exterior and interior designers to SoCal….leaving the management and mechanical engineers in RenCen/Dearborn. (unless I’m mistaken and the 2.8’s designers are already in SoCal.)

But then again…..having Ford’s Prestige Auto Group hq’d in SoCal didn’t help Jag/Volvo.

Maybe Chrysler should just turn give up on its own brands and turn into a contract manufacturer like Solectron/Magna. The Germans need North American assembly to hedge against weak dollar….the Asians need more capacity.

]]> By: guyincognito http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/freep-mis-road-to-recovery-paved-with-rd-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-91891 guyincognito Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:50:55 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/news-blog/freep-mis-road-to-recovery-paved-with-rd-gold/#comment-91891 So they are quietly building this skill base while significant percentages of engineers are laid off and companies like VW are taxed out of the state? I believe Michigan is also dead last on the retention rate of college grads. Must be really, really quiet.. So they are quietly building this skill base while significant percentages of engineers are laid off and companies like VW are taxed out of the state? I believe Michigan is also dead last on the retention rate of college grads. Must be really, really quiet..

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