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	Name:	Talullahhound -
	Subject:	The New South?
	Date:	12/9/2008 5:47:34 PM

I've owned Hondas for the past 20 years, and I have never had a minute of concern with any of them. I believe their quality has been uniformly excellent and they hold their value pretty well.

I can't personally vouch for the quality of products by the big three, other than the Ford F-150 that DH has.
But, I do think they need to change their business model. There is an awful lot of redundancy through their multiple product lines. I don't blame them for building SUVs and big trucks when the market was there, but they more or less staked the farm on the belief that it was all they had to do and that they were going to continue to sell-- they didn't diversify. They have not invested wisely in automating their plants and they have allowed their labor costs to go through the roof. And that is mismanagement, no matter how you slice it.

I think they are still in denial about where they are. If we have to bail them out, then it should be a phased thing and tied to making changes that will sustain them. Yeah, change is hard but it is not impossible. And rarely does it happen on it's own from within. Usually, an outside source has to rock the world.

If the Japanese and the Koreans can do it, surely the American makers will do it.

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The New South? - Council Roc Doc - 12/9/2008 10:06:26 AM

The New South? - Pier Pressure - 12/9/2008 11:14:53 AM

The New South? - SPEARFISHER - 12/9/2008 12:14:46 PM

The New South? - Talullahhound - 12/9/2008 5:47:34 PM

The New South? - lamont - 12/10/2008 8:31:56 AM

The New South? - green,ed - 12/10/2008 9:20:32 AM

Thanks Ed...... - lamont - 12/10/2008 9:30:38 AM

The New South? - Talullahhound - 12/10/2008 1:26:58 PM

The New South? - Council Roc Doc - 12/11/2008 9:19:12 AM

T-hound.......... - rude evin - 12/12/2008 12:15:15 AM

T-hound.......... - Talullahhound - 12/12/2008 9:07:26 PM

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