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fred kanter wrote:
Could they all have been in the wrong place at the wrong time and made the wrong decisions??
Post-war? Pretty much. Look at Hudson. They were doing fine with the step down, carving out a nice little niche for themselves. The Big 3 weren't about to touch such a technology. In 1951 they had a little cash to spend and instead of updating the car, Barit directs it towards the Jet. And instead of making a dazzling compact, he whips up an uninspired design. He was totally responsible for that car. Nobody made him do it, he made that wrong decision all by himself. Another leader might have taken a totally different path. Now, he also did the '48 so sometimes these folks give, sometimes they taketh away. My point is that PEOPLE, not circumstances, make things happen in this industry to a great extent and always have. Why did GM take off like Secretariat in the 30s? Because of Sloan and Earl. They were a two man wrecking crew that wrought havoc on Packard and everyone else not because of their size but because of their gutsy innovative good looking products and mastery of the marketplace.
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