“I think electric cars can help save Detroit. They reflect good decision-making, and there has been bad decision making in the auto industry for so long, in my view.” ThinkingLongHas BeensHelpingDecisionViewsCarIndustryDecision MakingElectricDetroitBad DecisionGood DecisionElectric CarAuto Industry Author:Chris Paine
“Detroit is an urban hell. But even in this city of the dying auto industry, there is reason to hope, if they manage to combine the creative forces of designers and other intellectual "suppliers" in other ways.” IfsWayReasonForceCitiesHellCreativeDyingIndustryIntellectualManageDesignerUrbanDetroitSuppliersAuto Industry Author:Charles Landry
“If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won't go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed. Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course - the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.” IfsNeedsJobsCoursesLossTechnologyShareProductsIndustryKissingLaborBurdenYesterdayChecksChiefsGoodbyeExecutivesSuicidalMotorDetroitInferiorityNever EndingDemiseInsurmountableAtrophyGeneral MotorsBailoutsChief ExecutivesTurnaroundRestructureJob LossChrysler Author:Mitt Romney
“It is a tough city to live in (Detroit) but a great city to be around. There is so much promise. There just needs to be a movement to help push the city beyond the automobile industry. The music business needs to learn how to support itself.” NeedsHelpingCitiesSupportMovementIndustryPromiseToughAutomobileMusic BusinessDetroitGreat CitiesAutomobile Industry Author:MC Serch
“We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on other countries we invade. Hell, our new Secretary of State, Hillary of Clinton, spent the better part of the past year fighting for the rights of average folks from Michigan, so think of the good will we have with the public. This is very doable. Just tell Congress we will give KBR no-bid contracts to fix Detroit.” ThinkingNeedsGivingYearsKindCountryStatesPastFightingLinesHellClearRightsIndustryClintonCongressAverageFolksContractsOther CountriesSecretaryGood WillDetroitMichiganLiberatorsAuto Industry Author:John Cole
“Well, there were several things. One was that the industry itself built in Detroit was abandoning the city - taking factories elsewhere, the corporate headquarters elsewhere.” WellsCitiesIndustryBuiltCorporateFactoriesElsewhereDetroitHeadquarters Author:David Maraniss
“I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.” WorldSpecialCarColorIndustryRaisedChicagoDetroitBreedingGangstersThugGood Breeding Author:Quincy Jones
“I think that the Detroit auto industry is important to the United States. It's important for hundreds of thousands of Americans who have their jobs as a result.” ThinkingImportantStatesJobsUnitedResultsUnited StatesIndustryDetroitAuto Industry Author:John Boehner