The King And I. Roger's Fable

Or, more aptly put, Roger and Me. Ah, the good old days. The days when GM executives were at the height of their arrogance. While GM complains of cheap imports even today, we are reminded of what GM is capable of when the company puts its mind to it. Former CEO Roger Smith, quite possibly the worst CEO in the history of America, championed efforts such as this in GM's drive to unequaled customer service, superior product quality and international design excellence. Roger was rewarded with a multi-million dollar retirement package while the rank and file at GM endured hundreds of thousands of job cuts due to his unequaled leadership. Roger spent enough money on robots running into each other in an attempt to "out modernize" Toyota than he could have paid to buy all of Toyota. For that we got the product highlighted above on Autoblog today. Oh, great King, how we miss your divine leadership and wisdom.

Compare that to today or here. Has GM finally turned the corner? Not yet. The product mix is still not what consumers want. But, they are making exponential gains in product design, especially interior design. They are also recognizing failures and quickly planning replacements or redesigns.