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Not trying to defend motor city management, but what bad plan? They sold cars that Americans bought consistently defying all reason. Short-sighted in the extreme, but it is counter-productive to build cars no one wants to purchase. Manufacturing costs were low and profits were high for SUVs, etc., and they sold well, so why wouldn't they build them? They are responsible to shareholders, correct? Again, not an excuse, but trying to understand the bigger picture. And as long as profits were high, they could afford the expensive contract concessions, yes? I read Halberstam's "The Reckoning" a long time ago - it's happened all over again.
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