The Doctor Is In

I'm the here to cure the ills...

General Motors...the only out for the fledgling company is to put themselves up for bankruptcy...the fact is the company was so mismanaged that they got passed over by most all other car companies...that the others made more fuel efficient cars that became the demand of the people...the GM CEO had plenty of time to adjust and refused to do so...the brass then blames the worker's union amongst other things and refuses to build a better product...and now they pay the price and the US is worse off for it...my diagnosis is a rather simple one...borrow the idea that has made the Toyota so much in demand, get your hybrids out there and make some great cars...to compare this to coaching a football team, when there is a new and better system, everyone tries it out and improves on the system...get with it GM and do your country proud...

So why is it so hard to make the adjustments and move with it? The aforementioned Toyota jumped on the scene first with a cult loved Prius. A rig that was cute and had a whopping 48 mph to it's resume...the Honda then revamped their Insight and made it a 2 horse race...where was GM? Toyota then redid their Camry and made it a Hybrid...where was GM? Lexus followed closely and went high end with their Hybrids...where was GM? They limped out with a Malibu Hybrid that was too little and too late...

The GM ( and also Chrysler) company had time lines to adjust their direction to get help from the USA...time lines that GM did not make and they lost out on valuable moneys to help them get out from their hole...finally the GM CEO met the deadline...as of today the President announced that the company is working toward the product that you or I could buy...and the Country is going to lend them moneys to get their act together...$30 billion...

As the President said, "If they are well managed..." this will be what the company needs...to survive and prosper...