General Motors to Close 12 North American Locations

GM, voted the ugliest and blandest car manufacturer in the world, is now closing a dozen facilities due to lower sales. As people leave Iowa and Nebraska, you can sell only so many Buicks and Suburbans…
Here’s a tip for future growth and how to accomplish a rebound. Hire some new architects that think outside that stale box. Bring in some new engineers that can build a car with quality in mind. Nobody ever bought a Toyota wondering if the transmission would make it to 100K miles. Next, try some marketing, bundle your services into one package. Set the life expectancy of a vehicle at 15 years, then charge a monthly fee for all routine service and warranties within that 15 year period. Think of it, provide the customer with piece of mind and the perception of a safety net, along with some modern designs, and your bean coundter will have a new job, how to shelter the profits offshore vs. how many jobs to cut.
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