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This is capitalism as only the Japanese can imagine it.
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891 -
Seems to be pwning, though, don't it, and that's the only thing that matters, non?Comment
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Someday Americans might get it.Originally posted by Az
Seems to be pwning, though, don't it, and that's the only thing that matters, non?Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...Comment
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Don't get me wrong. Their cars are now very reliable.Originally posted by Kontiki
IIs the better way to deal with that reality to start making the best quality cars in the world, or spew out endless reams of garbage?
What happens is that the car companies -- GM in particular -- need to differentiate each of their products among all of their other very numerous products. They do this by closely regulating luxury. If you spend on the lower end, you get garbage and find it necessary to move up and spend more. If you spend in the mid-range, you get only slightly better garbage, and look longingly at the luxury models. If you spend on the higher end, you get luxury.
The Japanese carmakers put out fewer products and don't have to differentiate among them quite so much. Because of this, you get more luxury across the product lines.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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American cars are crap. there is no 'luxery' in american cars at less then $45,000. its all plastic garbage.
even the pistons are made out of plastic."Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito MussoliniComment
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Well, not quite $45,000, but GM and Ford could put a lot more luxury in their lower end vehicles just fine if they wanted to. But why do that, when it would harm sales of your $45,000 whales?there is no 'luxery' in american cars at less then $45,000.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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OMG!!! consumers getting shafted by the free market!Originally posted by DanS
This isn't the high road. American consumers are getting shafted!In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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yeah, true."Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito MussoliniComment
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Yes, and which strategy seems to be working ever so slightly better? And what's the size of the market for luxury compared to that of low- and mid-range?Originally posted by DanS
Don't get me wrong. Their cars are now very reliable.
What happens is that the car companies -- GM in particular -- need to differentiate each of their products among all of their other very numerous products. They do this by closely regulating luxury. If you spend on the lower end, you get garbage and find it necessary to move up and spend more. If you spend in the mid-range, you get only slightly better garbage, and look longingly at the luxury models. If you spend on the higher end, you get luxury.
The Japanese carmakers put out fewer products and don't have to differentiate among them quite so much. Because of this, you get more luxury across the product lines."The French caused the war [Persian Gulf war, 1991]" - Ned
"you people who bash Bush have no appreciation for one of the great presidents in our history." - Ned
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The Japanese strategy works better. And the low and mid-range is where the sales are. It is time for this business model to kill the inferior business model!
GM has as many brands as Toyota has models. And each brand has as many models as Toyota.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Originally posted by Colon
By raising prices, they're throwing the ball to Detroit to prove themselves. They're essentially stating "We are not predators on a mission to crash America's industrial symbols: we just try to make good cars.", which probably is better PR than any kind of aggressive tactic would be.
That's what I meant by "taking the high road."(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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I agree, American business wouldn't know what a long-term view is if you'd hit it in the face.Originally posted by DanS
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American consumers are being victimized by the Japanese long-term managed capitalism view!Originally posted by Colon
I agree, American business wouldn't know what a long-term view is if you'd hit it in the face.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Toyota's bosses are old guys with long memories. In the early 1980's the Japanese automakers made big headway into the US market so Reagan (you remember the Reagan whom the right claimed was free market, right?Originally posted by DeathByTheSword
haha reversed protectionism LMAO...
japan takes pity on the US...
) put import controls in place which greatly hurt the Japanese automakers. Toyota's execs are afraid that such a thing could happen again so they're moving by themeselves to head off such action before it happens.
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