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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Kristin Gorski
3.7
by Kristin Gorski - Oct. 26, 2008

A close-up view of how a variety of factors have doomed GM. Analysis is accompanied by a quotations from many Janesville workers, which, when magnified, illustrates clearly how many thousands of employees -- and their families and their towns -- will be so dramatically affected by these plant closings. So much of the piece is focused on points of view from auto-industry-related sources, that it needs some outside perspectives to provide better balance.

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