| The other day my wife and I talked about
| |
| | headlines of the past week describe the
|
| summer camps. We want our children in
| |
| | tension in GM's Boardroom.
|
| busy learning spaces when school vacates.
| |
| | Foreign vehicles last longer with
|
| For some reason the subject reminds me
| |
| | reliable performance. U.S. car-markers
|
| of a New Hampshire camp where I worked
| |
| | have a "worse-than-average" record.
|
| during the summers of graduate school.
| |
| | "Don't come to work; we'll still pay you
|
| Every morning at camp, the grounds crew
| |
| | as long as you stay here from 6AM to
|
| would empty trash barrels. Driving the
| |
| | 2:30PM": Cost $1.4billion to US
|
| old, dented pick-up truck made this job
| |
| | automakers
|
| fun. As they drove past, I noticed that
| |
| | Malcolm Bricklin brings China's Chery
|
| someone changed the chrome letters to
| |
| | Automobile, Inc. to the U.S. in 2007 to
|
| read "DORF" instead of Ford.Dorf has no
| |
| | "steal" GM customers.
|
| definition. It suggests goofy; for the
| |
| | GM one year stock return: -48.4%
|
| camp pick-up truck, it described a
| |
| | GM ten year average stock return:
|
| poor-running, smokey, rusty, mechanical
| |
| | -3.6%U.S. companies once listed on the
|
| nuisance. Ford and GM have designed
| |
| | Dow Jones Industrial Average have
|
| vehicles with mechanical panache.
| |
| | disappeared; they are gone forever
|
| Corvette, Impala, and Country Squire were
| |
| | because of competition and poor
|
| the cars of my youth. Their look made
| |
| | management decisions. My father had a
|
| drivers proud when the price of gasoline
| |
| | Nash for a few months. In July of 1930,
|
| did not matter.As a high school senior, I
| |
| | Nash Motors was removed from the Dow (and
|
| drove a 1950 convertible Chevrolet with
| |
| | again in 1939). Ever drive a Hudson (me
|
| Dynaflow. I loved the smell of the
| |
| | neither)? In May of 1932, Hudson Motor
|
| interior, the sound of the automatic
| |
| | was removed from the Dow. Chyrsler had
|
| transmission, and the convertible top
| |
| | its problems and was removed from the Dow
|
| that needed pushing and pulling during
| |
| | in June of 1979. Could GM be far behind?
|
| sudden down pours. My grandfather drove
| |
| | Detroit may soon become the American car
|
| a 1954 Cadillac as did my father. Long,
| |
| | industry's museum.Ray Randall serves
|
| sleek American cars lined lanes from New
| |
| | clients as a registered investment
|
| Haven to Newport Beach. Now, time,
| |
| | advisor with his firm, Ethos Advisory
|
| technology, unions, and quality turned
| |
| | Services, Essex, Massachusetts Ethos
|
| consumers toward safer, fuel efficient
| |
| | Advisory Services. He has wide experience
|
| cars from Honda, Toyoto, KIA,Subaru,
| |
| | within the financial services industry,
|
| Isusu and Hyundai (once the brunt of
| |
| | writes a weekly newsletter for Ethos
|
| comedic joking). Foreign labor-cost
| |
| | Advisory Services, and coordinates the
|
| advantages offered consumers better
| |
| | developments at Ray holds a Masters
|
| vehicles dollar-for-dollar.All of this
| |
| | Degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological
|
| spells doom for the dorfs of Detroit.
| |
| | Seminary, Hamilton, MA. You may call Ray
|
| For example, The Wall Street Journal's
| |
| | (617-275-5565).
|
