| | GM still just spinning its wheels - baltimoresun.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | GM tries to mask differences in vehicle content and quality with slick ads, such as those comparing the price and size of Chevy SUVs to Lexus' offerings rather than Toyota's, and statements touting that Cadillac's reliability beats Toyota's although Lexus is the relevant yardstick for GM's luxury brands. |
 | | GM has been unable or is unwilling to address systemic cost and management problems within its corporate structure, and has increasingly leaned on parts suppliers to cut prices, not just to be competitive with overseas suppliers but also to compensate for GM's internal cost disadvantages. |
 | | The terrible losses GM has suffered in a rapidly growing U.S. economy and the recently announced plant closings are direct evidence that GM's costs are too high, and its strategies to compensate for its high costs have failed. |
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