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Originally Posted by transmaro93
i dont know what the cafe score is. But i cant see buying a 2500 HD truck that is a unibody. Just doesnt seem right to me. BTW dont spin my words AL!!!! i never said he was hand picked by the pres. I was asking if he was close to the pres. And then i said he was hand picked, which he was. by an auto task force put in place by the current administration. I don't care what he did with cingular. that doesn't make him an honest man.
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CAFE = Corperate Average Fuel Economy. CAFE has been the goverments attempt at trying to increase the fuel economy of the automakers since the 70's. It has done a poor job due to the loop holes. The spike in gas prices did more to the auto industry for 6 months then CAFE has done in 30 years.
Ed Whitacre isnt close to or near anyone near the president nor the former head of the ATF. He was picked because of how he turned a small regional phone company into a nationwide power house, being one of the largest cell phone providers, on top of others things. He had retired from AT&T a few years ago, and at the time he was just put in to be the Chariman of the Board. Fritz Henderson was the CEO that came in after Rick Wagoner stepped down, and Ed didnt feel he was doing that great of a job, and that he has too much "Old GM" blood in him. He was fired as well, and then Whitacre took over as interim CEO, which turned into him taking over the position only a few months ago full time. He has removed a lot of "Old GM" people, and today he fired the last one by hiring Hyundai's #1 marketing guy.
Susan Docherty was removed and reassigned and Joel Ewanick is now VP of Marketing.
His honesty has nothing to do with this.