I enjoy following the follies and foibles of General Motors. If there is a corporation given to unabashed drama that would be GM. Even when the automaker was hemorrhaging at a clip of a billion dollars every three weeks in 2008, GM was spending millions on advertisers and wooing social media pros as if they [...]
2009 was a rough year for the auto industry with sales falling some months to lows not seen in more than 50 years. Job loss and tightening credit conspired to drive down sales with some relief finally coming as the year came to a close. Tightened Credit Though unemployment and under-employment have been high, a [...]
Who let the dogs out? I certainly felt dogged on Tuesday as I received four separate messages from Toyota’s media team regarding Jim Lentz’s and Akio Toyoda’s appearances before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday. Each message was designed to show that Toyota dealers, state governors, and other parties with a vested interest in Toyota weren’t [...]
