55 Quotes by John Casesa

GM's competitiveness is not only dependent upon labor costs, but also on the speed of its decision-making, its success in responding to the market appropriately and its ability to identify the growth segments in the market.

GM likely doesn't have enough inventory to maintain a strong sales pace. And inevitably, the employee-pricing program is losing its effectiveness, as eventually happened to zero-percent financing, hot-button bonus cash programs, talk-show host car giveaways and other promotions.

GM likely doesn't have enough inventory to maintain a strong sales pace.

GM is going in the right direction, but it is not getting better as fast as the competition is getting better.

GM historically has derived almost a third of its earnings from the European business. It didn't do that in this quarter.

GM has many calls on its cash, including pensions, retiree health care and Fiat's put option,

GM and the UAW will collide at some point as the company's results worsen, ... The Delphi filing suggests that it will happen sooner rather than later.

If the strike continues through the end of October, the company will lose units of production that it can't replace in this quarter, and that will reduce the earnings outlook. The likelihood is that this strike will be settled soon, in the next three to four days, maybe in week.

There is enormous pressure for consolidation in the auto industry, ... There is way more supply than demand -- at least 40 extra plants around the world -- and that's the primary reason the returns in the business are crummy.