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June 19th, 2005, 05:13 PM
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| I AM OT!  Joined: May 28th, 2004 Last Online: 07:58 AM Location: Oslo, Norway Age: 28 Posts: 3,534
Car: '70 VW, '86 Golf II (sold), '99 Golf IV High Line Rep Power: 23   |  Book: "The End of Detroit", heard it's real good! http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...213658-6201263 Highly Recommended!, December 22, 2004 "America's fascination with the auto helped build and change the entire country. But as author Micheline Maynard writes, Detroit has lost its grip on American drivers by relying on overgrown distribution systems, styling myopia, reduced quality, brand mismanagement and family ownership. These factors, to varying degrees, combined to weaken the Big Three (Ford, General Motors and Chrysler). As an automotive journalist, Maynard apparently has all the facts, interviews and trade show vignettes to tell the story of the Big Three being replaced by non-U.S. manufacturers who simply do the job better. She also includes interviews with car shoppers and others who are not germane to her tale. Still, this is a powerful chronicle on the threatened, imminent demise of more American icons. We find this very valuable reading for marketing and human resource professionals, corporate change management executives and anyone interested in buying a car." haz
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June 19th, 2005, 05:31 PM
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Rep Power: 0  | added to my wish list...got a couple other books i need to read before that one  |
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June 19th, 2005, 06:52 PM
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| I AM OT! Joined: May 28th, 2004 Last Online: 07:58 AM Location: Oslo, Norway Age: 28 Posts: 3,534
Car: '70 VW, '86 Golf II (sold), '99 Golf IV High Line Rep Power: 23 | should be an awsome book ... I find it all very interesting ... and it's only like £5, used on amazon.co.uk  haz
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June 20th, 2005, 11:28 AM
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Rep Power: 19 | hmmm I think I'll go looking for it here. |
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June 20th, 2005, 12:14 PM
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| "bangle for president"  Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: belgium!! Age: 24 Posts: 6,086
Car: yamaha banshee (and an opel astra from work) Rep Power: 29 | might be the next on the list right now i'm in the process of reading this http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...852844-5902019
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June 22nd, 2005, 09:34 PM
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 Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: October 29th, 2007 Location: New York, USA Age: 27 Posts: 4,087
Car: 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E Rep Power: 25  | I guess we have finalgear's bookclub here. 
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June 23rd, 2005, 04:55 PM
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Rep Power: 0  | Sweet, down with the big three. Wait, Saab is owned by GM, CRAP! 
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June 24th, 2005, 08:01 AM
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June 25th, 2005, 12:38 AM
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| Joined: Apr 16th, 2005 Last Online: February 19th, 2007 Location: PA, USA Posts: 633
Rep Power: 0 | I generally believe american cars to be crap.  I'm getting tired of all the SUVs they're selling as well. 
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June 25th, 2005, 04:14 AM
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 Joined: Jun 14th, 2005 Last Online: December 22nd, 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 31 Posts: 360
Car: 2004 Honda CR-V EX Rep Power: 0 | It does sound like a really good book... ...but after reading through some of the reviews here, I don't know who to believe (notice it's from Amazon.com, i.e. mostly American reviewers, and therefore may be biased). Some of the reviewers make some pretty strong statements calling into question her facts, so if a lot of it has to be taken with a grain of salt, I don't know if I'd want to read it, because I'd always have doubt about facts and such in the back of my mind. Know what I mean?
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