More GM Top Brass Deny Knowledge Of Deadly Defects - Could This Be A Middle Management Coverup?

Do any of us buy the Sgt. Schultz "I zee nothing" stance? Even if top management knew nothing that is even more damning because it is the responsibility to know.

How do the Americans do business? Just make profit and answer questions later (By lying).

And thanks to such business practices, Made in the U.S.A. is now dead and the U.S. middle class is disappearing. And the rich Americans do not wish to associate themselves with anything American (Look at Scott Disick who is basically an American man that thinks he has received knighthood from the British Empire)

70% of luxury brands in the world are from Europe, and people basically see the European brands as the ultimate Be All, End All.

Japan always has been good at producing quality goods at reasonable prices, and thanks to that, their Seiko watches and Toyota vehicles are sold everywhere, loved by many labor and middle class families all around the world.

And the United States? is busy making JUNK, with JUNK parts (Even after the whole bankruptcy issue, GM, Chrysler and Ford STILL produce unreliable junk, which is just unbelievable to say the least). And they wonder why no one wants something American.

Lexus is now the American status symbol, and I just have to say, that just makes me laugh. Because no one sees Cadillac as such anymore, when it IS an American brand.

How did Toyota and Honda become "America"'s best brands?

By making the most reliable vehicles for the consumers.

How did GM, Ford and Chrysler become the worst brands in America?

By making garbage.

But then again, you can not expect too much from a country that takes pride in their cheap, junk culture like McDonald's, KFC, Hollywood, Wal-Mart, etc.

Yeah, Top Management never makes mistakes or breaks the rules or know of wrongdoing. It's all those idiots in Middle Mgmt - which is why they're not Top Mgmt.

Seriously, if they didn't know, they fostered a cover-up culture. I'd be willing to bet my livelihood that they know of EVERY potential Class Action suit. If they don't, they are completely inept. That's how it works at my massive company, and every other one.

Cover up - Nonsense

IF this was such a major issue -= where was the Front Page coverage about the problem in Auto Journalism YEARS ago? Example - Honda is considered a very reliable make by the New people - and yet we see NO front page coverage of the widespread and continued Transmission Problems in their Mini-Vans. Nor that same problem in Chrysler Mini Vans as well.

IF in a two man operation - One partner does not know everything the other partner is doing - imagine this on a scale of Hundreds of thousands of people - who are doing THEIR job and have no contact with this problem.

The person who says that the Domestic Manufacturers are the worst in America - ignores the fact that this is NOT so. In fact - often the most expensive foreign cars rate the lower in reliability.

And for years - Gm supplied BMW and Rolls Royce with transmissions - and Mercedes Benz with Air Conditioner Compressors - and many foreign manufacturers with lots of parts. They are NOT JUNK. I'll take any domestic Pick-up over a foreign one.

How did Honda(Transmission problems) and Toyota(known for its recall problems too) become known as reliable - because real problems with cars are seldom reported. If they were - there are a number of Foreign manufacturers who would be in the news more often than the domestic brands.

Woo. Air conditioner compressors. And a transmission.

So now that makes an automaker so great? First of all, a car has thousands of parts inside it, not just one. Failing to make reliable cars eventually comes out on the news, and just like how Toyota had to pay billions of dollars for gas pedal issues, it is not like only the American automakers are being bullied by the media.

But then again, you would not understand why the American cars are considered as JUNK, because you never exactly drove any Japanese vehicles. I've driven a number of Japanese cars, and none of them ever disappointed me.

But we used to have a Cadillac, which had a problem with the starter. Right, the damn car doesn't even start. That was most likely the biggest POS I have ever seen in my life.

And do you know what's really funny?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzyRjX_pX5c

Yup, that's right. Those are the people that build your junk pick up trucks.

But then again, what do you expect from a country with low/junk culture stuff like Wal-Mart, Hollywood, McDonald's, KFC and such.

This is sounding like the VA.
It is immaterial whether or not the "top management" knew about these problems. It is their responsibility to know. If they had a culture of problem suppression where they made it difficult for lower management to inform upper management then it's still their fault.
The bottom line is that as a leader they are responsible for all that happens and all that fails to happen.