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Four years on, the vanguard of Detroit Auto bankruptcies emerges
Delphi Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy four years ago today, shaking the foundations of the Detroit auto industry. Former parent General Motors Corp. changed; the United Auto Workers couldn't fight the change; Delphi shrank -- plants, people, business lines -- to less than half its size; and legions of Delphi hands, especially its salaried employees and retirees, began a long, painful journey that would culminate in them preparing to say goodbye to roughly two-thirds of their expected pensions.
This week, Delphi is out of bankruptcy. It's renamed as Delphi Holdings LLC, is privately held and is little more than a headquarters in its home country. Yes, Delphi is American inasmuch as a Swiss bank with major operations in London and New York can credibly be called a Swiss company.
What did we learn from the sordid, painful and contentious exercise? That departing Chairman Steve Miller, the serial bankruptcy guy, was right: Delphi's C11 was the warm-up act for the industry's mother of all bankruptcies (and its stepchild), the BKs of GM and Chrysler.
Second, that GM really did set Delphi up to fail when it spun the former parts unit off in 1999 with its own board, GM alums-turned-Delphi execs, and a business plan that essentially wouldn't allow Delphi to distance itself from GM's North American business or its ridiculously uncompetitive labor agreements.
Third, that UAW master agreements subjected to the detailed scrutiny of bankruptcy proceedings, open court and comparison to industry standards can be proven to be as uncompetitive as the unions critics had long insisted they were.How many access and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger personal name, he was the truth: GM and the UAW did not win a public car park and wages) to the executive (the default is denigrated Delphi executives " Valley of the pigs "in slopping or called, yes, Delphi, was complicit in perpetuating a model of non-labor costs pushed up on the edge of Delphi....
Sept. US Auto Sales Fall - Automotive News Story - WDIV Detroit
Meanwhile, General Motors and Chrysler was the only award in a major car manufacturer Hyundai LLC, during the month, quarter sales rose 27 percent reported the maximum posted speed decrease. "It is more difficult than one month, is expected," Mark LaNeve, GM's vice president of U.S. sales, told reporters in a conference call. " 9 car and truck manufacturers to follow intoxicating summer slump in May. Manufacturers, about 70 million new car sales accelerated from clunkers, July and August was a big rise. The government program's big discounts lured in many customers who otherwise would have waited until later in the year to walk into dealerships. Now automakers are starting to feel the effect. GM's sales plunged 45 percent to 155,679 vehicles in September, compared with a year earlier. Chrysler sold only 62,197 vehicles last month, down 42 percent. Even higher incentives didn't shake buyers from their fall slumber. Automakers spent an average of $2,557 per vehicle in the U.S., up $83 from August, according to the auto Web site Edmunds.com. But that was due largely to big increases from domestic automakers. "After five straight months of decline, incentives are on the rise again," Edmunds analyst Jessica Caldwell said in a statement. "Now that Cash for Clunkers is over, automakers have to give consumers an incentive to buy -- out of their own pockets, not the taxpayers'." European and Japanese manufacturers cut their spending on incentives, which include offerings like financing deals and rebates that induce consumers to buy. Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. said sales fell 13 percent while Nissan Motor Co. said its sales fell 7 percent. Honda's sales fell 23.3 percent to 77,229. Ford Motor Co.114,241 is 5.1 percent fall, sales rise in the minimum decrease in the reduction of major manufacturers in the last two consecutive months. Sales of Ford's 37.2 percent, down from 8 Mon....New Motorcycle Reality TV Show With Detroit Bros at Cyril Huze Blog
The answer? Different, of course. Because a TV reality show is about personalities and attitude, and memorable designs can take very different roads depending of with who you work, where you work, the tools you use and…the editing. As a matter of fact, Beers love so much to produce “tough guys” series that the show was not shot in the 2 brothers shop, but on a rusty warehouse with a leaky roof tucked along a side street in Southwest Detroit. I guess to look more real because it is a REALITY show… I have no doubt hat James and Dave are working hard, have talent, are sincere at what they do and do it well, especially metal shaping that seems to be their forte. Will we see both cars and motorcycles? It seems so. In addition to boosting their own business I hope that this TV show will help re-promote the city of Detroit as the heart of the US automotive industry. The first season 13-episode “Motor City” TV show starts in January 2010. Detroit Bros
Reality Show ….. there is a conflict of terms …. how can something “Scripted” be reality anything. I suppose Tom Beers put Hugh King in the corner for this one ????? Tom stick with The Deadliest Catch … and Dirty Jobs at least those shows are somewhat believable.
At any rate I wish the Detroit Guys the best of luck with the new series.
Over & Out,
Jeff
Hi Mike, I read your response and got to wondering if America was done with motorcycle shows. I looked up the Nielsen ratings for the only biker show on the tube right now. Sons of Anarchy is # 8 on cable T.V. rating sheet. The Discovery channel and the History channel are constantly running old documentaries about bikers. So to answer your question, apparently America hasn’t had their fill yet.
The economy is in the tanker and a new show that can offer a little bit of hope (and if these brotters are even little likable) could be an easy hit. Based on O.C.C.s success staged reality show or not the audience clearly doesn’t care. Americans are starving for a show that can offer a little hope and be amused at the same time.They just want be be entertained.
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