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death is my gift · 06-01-2007, 12:23 PM

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8PFI4UG0.htm

blacksan · 06-01-2007, 01:43 PM

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nsmitchell · 06-01-2007, 02:20 PM

Very interesting read.

kurokoma-kun · 06-01-2007, 02:49 PM

HA! I like that the way Ford and GM gained "productivity" was to lay off workers... WTF?!?

OtownYaris · 06-01-2007, 02:56 PM

A co-worker of mine used to work for GM in Michigan. He has told me many times how they had people there who basically glue on a rear view mirror and were making $40+ per hour. It's amazing. GM pays on average $30 more per hour to their workers than say Toyota. GM takes 10 hours longer to produce a car than Toyota and they lose over $1K on every car sold.
I was in a union, United Aerospace Workers. I thought they served their purpose. But, it seems with the automotive industry, unions are a way for people to get paid more for doing less and less. <sigh>

churp · 06-01-2007, 06:14 PM

Interesting article...too bad they only touched on time used to build a vehicle. Making a vehicle in the least time...yet still including quality and reliability, is remarkable!

thomasward00 · 06-02-2007, 02:27 AM

GM and Ford will eventually be fine, the next few years will be the final stake in the heart of the autounions in the U.S. Unions have outlived their usefullness and are now holding back american companies from competing in a global market. I like toyota they usually build a good car and I love my yaris, but it would be nice to be able to buy a GM or Ford car and get the same reliability.

06-01-2007, 12:23 PM	#1
death is my gift wacky broadway nightmare View User's Garage Drives: Willow is a '07 Red Yaris LB Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: dallas Posts: 621	Toyota Most Productive Auto Maker http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8PFI4UG0.htm __________________ "it's always complicated and at some point someone has to draw the line and that is always going to be me. you get down on me for cutting myself off but in the end the slayer is always cut off" Buffy

06-01-2007, 02:20 PM	#3
nsmitchell View User's Garage Drives: LB-Auto-PWR-ABS-Cruise-Springs Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,065	Very interesting read. __________________ Other car is a 2005 Mustang Convertible 4.0L V6 Manual - Legend Lime Get YarAss in gear! RIP - Casey Tatum

06-01-2007, 06:14 PM	#6
churp Clean and (dis)Functional View User's Garage Drives: Yaris 2dr--Black Betty Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tropical Minnesota Posts: 562	Interesting article...too bad they only touched on time used to build a vehicle. Making a vehicle in the least time...yet still including quality and reliability, is remarkable! __________________ ____________ Old School Cobble Jockey

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06-01-2007, 02:56 PM	#5
OtownYaris View User's Garage Drives: Meteorite Yaris Liftback Join Date: May 2007 Location: Apopka, FL Posts: 48	A co-worker of mine used to work for GM in Michigan. He has told me many times how they had people there who basically glue on a rear view mirror and were making $40+ per hour. It's amazing. GM pays on average $30 more per hour to their workers than say Toyota. GM takes 10 hours longer to produce a car than Toyota and they lose over $1K on every car sold. I was in a union, United Aerospace Workers. I thought they served their purpose. But, it seems with the automotive industry, unions are a way for people to get paid more for doing less and less. <sigh>

06-02-2007, 02:27 AM	#7
thomasward00 View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris Sedan Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Orleans, La Posts: 100	GM and Ford will eventually be fine, the next few years will be the final stake in the heart of the autounions in the U.S. Unions have outlived their usefullness and are now holding back american companies from competing in a global market. I like toyota they usually build a good car and I love my yaris, but it would be nice to be able to buy a GM or Ford car and get the same reliability.