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What if GM and Ford were broken up in the 1960s?

December 11, 2024 Steve 24

(EXPANDED FROM 8/19/2022) The topic that has elicited the greatest blowback from Indie Auto readers has been my argument that the U.S. auto industry was less able to respond to a rising tide of imports […]

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Would GM have done better in the 1960s and 1970s under Alfred Sloan?

January 19, 2022 Steve 7

In our discussion about market segmentation, DECG50 asked an insightful question: Would General Motors have been more disciplined if Alfred Sloan still headed the automaker in the 1960s? “From what I understand, Sloan viewed GM […]