If you think Detroiters think poorly of our automakers and suppliers, it's doubly depressing to hear the rest of the country talk about the companies that make the Motor City go -- or sputter.
Don't take this as a woe-is-us lament, but rather as a reminder of how difficult the return to prosperity will be for General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. and how resolute the leaders of these companies and the UAW must be to pull it off.
"Too many brands, too many dealers, too many plants, too many people," Jerry Pyle said Thursday, listing the woes plaguing GM and Ford. Pyle, president of Friedkin Automotive, a Houston-based group of Toyota dealerships, was speaking at the ninth annual Elite Dealer Summit of money managers, analysts and the nation's largest auto dealer groups.
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