Re:What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
by nickff on Thursday October 28, 2021 @07:13PM
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>"GM and the rest of Detroit got their rear ends handed to them because they'd underinvested in fuel-efficient engine designs (the lost 70s) and grown lazy in reliability."
You're leaving out some pressures which caused Detroit to be un-competitive in the small car space, including high labor costs.
Re:What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?
by wombatpm on Thursday October 28, 2021 @08:02PM
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I owned a 79 Ford Mustang in 1986. By 1988 and 88k miles the engine was shot because it was an underpowered 2liter 4 cylinder with a turbo. Detroit was uncompetitive because they made sucky cars. To this day I haven’t owned another Ford and never will.
GM and the rest of Detroit got their rear ends handed to them because they'd underinvested in fuel-efficient engine designs (the lost 70s) and grown lazy in reliability.
Lean manufacturing may have allowed Japanese manufacturers to price more competitively and be more agile, but at the end of the day, they increased their sales because they made better cars.