Comments on: General Motors failure ‘Darwinian’?

By: Paul@ Scrap car Brighton

Paul@ Scrap car Brighton — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:03:37 +0000

Can’t believe they went bankrupt, they made such a ridiculous amount for money in days gone buy. It shows how a small change in the economic climate can have such a massive effect

By: Jim @ Scrap Car Croydon

Jim @ Scrap Car Croydon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:52:29 +0000

I think it is ridiculous that western car manufacturers such as General Motors has been propped up by governments for so long. They’ve clearly become uncompetitive and bureaucratic as a result. The free market should have been allowed to run its course.

By: Steve Orris

Steve Orris — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:58:44 +0000

I’ve seen a GM factory from the inside. The money they waste is mind blowing. They will spend thousands of dollars to make the job a little easier or a little safer for just one or two employees. I’m all for safety, but a little common sense goes a long way. The UAW is also to blame. People should be paid well for the jobs they do. But comparatively speaking a minimum wage worker at a fast food place works much harder than many $20/hour factory workers.

By: Think Free

Think Free — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:25:05 +0000

Sad that we gave them so many billions of dollars and they STILL went bankrupt. But what did they expect? Their cars have ben sub-par in almost every way to Honda, Toyota, Mazda, the big foreign makers, for years.

By: David@Sunglasses

David@Sunglasses — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:21:21 +0000

I’m an American, and it’s true that it is a very sad day for many of the GM dealers, and a sad day for the American tradition too. However, I think that there was plenty of time and opportunity for GM to change, to adapt and to make sacrifices. If you compare the CEO’s salaries from GM to the salaries of the CEO’s of Toyota, you’ll see a tremendous difference. Along with the unions that ended up doing more harm than good…
Still, I am sad for the many livelihoods that have and will be lost because of all the auto industries turmoil.