This is more of a final nail in the coffin of the company's past accounting practices. Investors are looking at the company going forward rather than past. They have been doing a lot of things right lately.

His experience and credibility with the Street is not easily replaced.

By increasing in-region development and procurement, these companies can better adapt to US tastes and preferences while insulating themselves from currency fluctuations.

If there is a strike at Delphi ... that would be the biggest negative that I can see for the year.

I'm wondering if this is the bulk of the bad news and is it past us? I was looking for something like this, but not quite this bad.

It's time for automakers to tighten their belts and look for areas of inefficiencies and redundancies. They need to review what discretionary items can be eliminated.

It's not good news to change someone of Devine's stature. I would have liked to see Devine stay on longer. I'd rather have someone with greater experience around as the company deals with the trouble it has and is likely to continue to have.

It's the vehicles themselves. You have to have products that people are excited about buying. And you also have to make sure they're happy with the ownership process and they're not taking them to the shop more often for a domestic brand than you are for a foreign brand.

There is always room for more. There are always challenges in terms of executing on plan and the competition doesn't stand still. They have to start somewhere and this is their base.

Unfortunately, critical issues such as hourly worker pay concessions have yet to be resolved.