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Originally Posted by DGthe3
Most of the vehicles you list for Fritz should be attributed to Wagoner who green lighted them back around 2005-2006. Same for the ones you list for Whitacre. I don't know what all Fritz gave the go-ahead for, but the concepts from the 2010 Detriot Autoshow and maybe a couple other cars we don't know about yet are probably all there is.
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But yet those successful products (Camaro, LaCrosse, Equinox, Terrain, Cadillac SRX) got launched under Fritz Henderson...amid bankruptcy proceedings and getting wheels/momentum on Operation Garbage Dump (Hummer, Saab).
Everyone wants to gouge Henderson's eyes out, castrate him, and have him tarred/feathered and burned at the stake for Opel.
Well, let's look at that:
Opel, a GM subsidiary located in Germany, an EU member country...you know, the European Union...that abomination of a socio/political/economic - sorry we can't make a decision on that right now because we'll be on "holidays" for the next six weeks and while we're gone don't even think about firing any cafe workers because you cannot by law even when they call in sick every other day and if you're an EU member who only has a 200% Debt/GDP ratio, well then by all means break out the Brie and red wine because you're doing damn good by EU economic standards - system.
Gee Fritz, I can't imagine how you ever could have gotten bogged-down in that process.
P.S. - Sorry we pissed all over your 20+ years of hard work at GM. Nothing personal, its just business (insert cotton between lower cheek and gum).
P.P.S. - And as it turns out, looks like Opel is more of an asset than a liability.