Reading "All Corvettes Are Red"

**s'noJob** · 03-23-12, 04:40 PM

I am currently reading "All Corvettes are Red" for the second time. I won't offer any spoilers, but I was aghast at the drama towards the end of Chapter 4. In my current hardcover edition, the drama begins at the break on page 34.
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**Huskerman** · 03-23-12, 05:50 PM

Older thread but still pertinent. I read the book this winter and enjoyed it very much and appreciate my C5 all the more. I hope it is different now but I think it took going broke to wake GM up and make the management changes that needed to be made. I eagerly await the C7.........

**catbert** · 03-25-12, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Huskerman

Older thread but still pertinent. I read the book this winter and enjoyed it very much and appreciate my C5 all the more. I hope it is different now but I think it took going broke to wake GM up and make the management changes that needed to be made. I eagerly await the C7.........

You are absolutely right. GM didn't get lean and efficient until there was no choice. Lean means cheaper, shorter development times and a lot of other good outcomes. I hope the new GM doesn't lose any of that now that they have had a little success. It probably would have taken the old GM ten years to develop and get the Volt to market.

**orlandjoe** · 03-25-12, 09:57 PM

Another great book is "Why GM matters: Inside the race to transform an American icon" by W. Holstein. This book came out in early 2009 right before the bankruptcy.