South of the equator, Ford and GM prosper
Detroit News Auto Writer Bryce Hoffman and photographer John T. Greilick visited Brazil and Argentina to research this series on the South American auto boom and how it's affecting lives in both hemispheres.
South America's Auto Boom: Third of three parts
Ethanol nation: Brazil finds energy freedom with sugar-based fuel
Pull into any fuel station in Brazil and the question will be the same: "Álcool ou gasolina?" Ethanol or gasoline? - 08/23/2007
South America's Auto Boom: Second of three parts
FORD'S TEST BED: Brazil's Camaçari plant is model for the future
At Ford Motor Co.'s factory here, a group of Visteon Corp. workers connect the wiring in a dashboard module for a Ford EcoSport. Next to them, Lear Corp. employees are building seats for the same vehicle. A few feet away, Ford's Diede Silva dos Santos applies trim to a Fiesta subcompact. She's mastered seven jobs at the plant and is working on an eighth. - 08/22/2007
- Interactive: Take a tour of the advanced manufacturing plant in rural Camaçari, Brazil
- Dom DiMarco: Key components of Ford's South America turnaround plan
- Mark Fields: Lessons from South America being applied in North America
- Video: Ford's most advanced assembly plant operates in rural Brazil
- Gallery: Ford grows in South America
- Special report: More stories, multimedia on the South American auto boom
Brazil is road map for U.S. rebound
SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil -- If Ford Americas President Mark Fields seems overly confident when he talks about the company's turnaround plan, it's because he has already seen it work -- in Brazil. - 08/22/2007
Fields cut his teeth in South America
DEARBORN -- As president of Ford Motor Co.'s Americas division, Mark Fields oversees one of the company's most profitable divisions -- South America -- even as he struggles to return its biggest money loser -- North America -- to profitability. - 08/22/2007
Interactive: A tour of Ford's Brazil plant
Problems viewing this graphic. Click here for a free version of the latest Flash plug-in.. Return to the Success in South America index. here. - 08/22/2007
South America's Auto Boom: First of three parts
Brazil, Argentina buoy Detroit's automakers
SÃO PAULO -- Whoever says Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. can't make money in the car business has never been to South America. - 08/21/2007
- Video: U.S. carmakers learn to navigate the varied markets of South America
- Video: Ford's Hau Thai-Tang discusses design challenges in South America
- Video: Enrique Alemany, President, Ford Argentina and Chile: Success was fueled by teamwork
- Video: GM's Ray G. Young on how the automaker became profitable in South America
- Gallery: Ford, GM profit in South America
- Special report: Success in South America
Success will mean little if U.S. plans fail
SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil -- Silvio Illi would seem to have little to worry about as he walks the line at Ford Motor Co.'s São Bernardo plant outside São Paulo. - 08/21/2007
Labor leader's spirit of cooperation gets job done
SÃO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil -- If the South American labor movement has a face, it is José Lopez Feijóo's. - 08/21/2007
Like I Said..
ReplyDeleteGm, Ford, and Chrysler should just move thair HQ to either Chna or Brazile or Australia where they are profitable , continue to make cars in the USA as aforeign Entity lioke Toyota,, Honda, Hyindai etc and get back to profitability without having to put up wityh the UAW and Congress to screw things up..
That is a plan I can live with... and a Change I can Believe in!!!
Pack 'em up and move 'em out...sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that might work as long as the government doesn't support the UAW while they're waiting for their jobs to come back via Brazil or wherever. The UAW...I always thought they had too much power...and they're also one of the biggest reasons cars are so expensive in this country...the average pay for the UAW is well over seventy dollars and hour...for what? Just how much schooling does one get to work on an assembly line? I went through a lot of schools to advance my career...I used to hire people off the street with little education to work the lines in the food manufacturing business...at one place I hired high school drop outs who just got out of jail, boot camp, or prison...I could weed out the ones that didn't want to improve their lot in life but for the most part they could be trained on the job and move up to decent wages in a short period of time...but never seventy-bucks an hour!