General Motors, Driven to the Brink

In late May, senior executives at General Motors confronted a decision that few thought they would ever face: whether to continue developing the next generation of one of the most successful products in G.M.’s 100-year history — the full-size sport utility vehicle — or to punt the program entirely.

It’s rare for an automaker to pull the plug on high-profile initiatives, much less one involving a $2 billion, top-to-bottom overhaul of a ... Full Story »

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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 25, 2008

While nobody, including GM, may have expected fuel prices to escalate so quickly, industry analysts have been predicting falling output and rising prices for decades. This piece is, therefore, a long and sad chronicle of industry denial. Yes, the foreign car companies were more "nimble." That's because they were more realistic--not a well-known American virtue. They're also more used to living with scarce natural resources. Another thing we'd better adjust to quickly.

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