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Old 02-11-2006, 03:54 PM  
Lord Nelson
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Amazing Toyota truck. Crashed, bashed, set on fire , dropped in the sea

Put on top of a high rise that is demolished, but the Yota starts back up.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...y ota&pr=goog -sl

That's the point GM and Ford misses.
I recently read Bill Ford (Chariman of Ford and grandson of Henry) about he was planning to reitalize Ford...building new exciting cars, more stylish vehicles, cutting jobs and closing plants.....same type of yada yada yada from Jack Waggoner of GM...

It was interesting to note that neither one of these clowns talked about making reliable, durable, and dependable cars. Neither one of them talked about making quality cars that wil be there starting up day after day with minimum fuss and last a good 200,000 miles....neither one talked about making cars people wanted.

This indestritable Hilux was just a little truck that could. Not flashy, not retro-glam, no bling bling, even when new. Just a truck that would not die. Camry, Avalon, Corolla, 4Runners, Landcruisers......they all run forever. Not one of them will take any contests for "excitement". Yet people are buying them. Toyota is expanding and growing while Ford and GM are shrinking and dying....perhaps they forgot their goals, maybe they have lost their way..perhaps their MBA hired fresh from IVy League universities just don't understand anything beyond case anaylisis and reading financial statments---or how to scam off corporate assets--they know how to read the bottom line, but they have no idea how to grow the bottom line.....which is making cars that work.....

the video is fun, but it carries a greater message of what is wrong with American car companies. This ought to be requried reviewing by eveyr auto exect and MBA in school of what's wrong with America and how to fix it.
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