Car Wars

DaveinOlyWA · 01-16-2007, 09:31 PM

this week NBC Nightly News is running a series on Car Wars.

yesterday they toured the Toyota plant in Ky (just about the time some Priuschatters were there!) where Kai-zen was talked about (is that spelled right?) and i guess to illustrate why Toyota will be # 1 (see next paragraph) a manager was asked how the company felt about any employee having the ability to stop the production line for even the smallest of issues, he simply stated "At Toyota, no problem IS the problem". the inference is clear... i wonder where gm could have been now if they had had the same attitude back in the 60's...

Today, the subject was a small Ford dealership in Indiana, owned and operated by 4th generation family who was wondering where they would be in the future and what they would need to survive. NBC also talked with the retired 3rd generation who remarked that in the old days, corporate Ford was there visiting every week. today, Ford has completely abandoned them. iow, no personal contact at all. but the telling thing of this piece, at the beginning they started by saying that some time this week, Toyota will pass gm to become the #1 automaker in the world. its not hard to see why

TheForce · 01-16-2007, 10:09 PM

The one guy that worked their said something along the lines that people buy the imports before looking what at what they had to offer.

I looked and they dont have anything near what I needed. The Prius was number 2 on my list. An EV is at the top of my list. Last I looked not one american car manufacture has what I need. I NEED EV!

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01-16-2007, 09:31 PM	#1
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,254 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 4	this week NBC Nightly News is running a series on Car Wars. yesterday they toured the Toyota plant in Ky (just about the time some Priuschatters were there!) where Kai-zen was talked about (is that spelled right?) and i guess to illustrate why Toyota will be # 1 (see next paragraph) a manager was asked how the company felt about any employee having the ability to stop the production line for even the smallest of issues, he simply stated "At Toyota, no problem IS the problem". the inference is clear... i wonder where gm could have been now if they had had the same attitude back in the 60's... Today, the subject was a small Ford dealership in Indiana, owned and operated by 4th generation family who was wondering where they would be in the future and what they would need to survive. NBC also talked with the retired 3rd generation who remarked that in the old days, corporate Ford was there visiting every week. today, Ford has completely abandoned them. iow, no personal contact at all. but the telling thing of this piece, at the beginning they started by saying that some time this week, Toyota will pass gm to become the #1 automaker in the world. its not hard to see why __________________ My 2006: Last tank 476.8 miles @51.0 pump (50.9 computer) 7.63 cpm winter mpg 50.78 summer mpg 54.93 lifetime: 30,628.2 miles 53.03 mpg pump (54.32 mpg computer) 5.73 cpm My 2007 Zenn Driven 4580 miles, 2.09 cpm/ 178 mpg (at $3.71/gal), 3.76 miles/ Kwh Savings over my Prius $249.16 The Corolla...457.83 The REAL SAVINGS from not driving Corolla 560.07 +Prius=809.23 (excludes maintenance costs...would be unfair to ICE vehicles) My Plate: DUALPWR (Dual Power)

01-16-2007, 10:09 PM	#2
TheForce RonPaul For Liberty,not Empire Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wheelersburg, Ohio Posts: 1,987 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 7 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 15	The one guy that worked their said something along the lines that people buy the imports before looking what at what they had to offer. I looked and they dont have anything near what I needed. The Prius was number 2 on my list. An EV is at the top of my list. Last I looked not one american car manufacture has what I need. I NEED EV!