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Douglas Hall, Principal

Douglas HallPrincipalRTF, LLC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Co-CEO's...What's Next?

April 22, 2009

Chrysler CEO Says New Board Coming With Fiat Deal | www.nytimes.com

The U.S. Government in cooperation with the Senior Management of Fiat is going to appoint a new board of directors for this new joint company. Fiat is for all practical purposes a two market auto manufacturer; the home country…Italy (62%), and South America (38%). Chrysler LLC is a one market manufacturer in North America (72%) (Recognizing Graz, Austria (28%) for Minivans & Jeep). Respectively in those markets both companies loose money.

Douglas Hall, Principal

Douglas HallPrincipalRTF, LLC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Automotive Tier–One Suppliers; North American Top 15… For Now!

March 5, 2009

GM’s Wagoner Meets With Auto Panel for Six Hours | www.bloomberg.com

In light of the current financial meltdown of the Global Automotive Market I looked at the North American sector to identify the specific commodities of vulnerability to the OEM’s.

Douglas Hall, Principal

Douglas HallPrincipalRTF, LLC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Automotive Tier–One Suppliers; Distressed, Troubled, Chapter 11 and now “Solvency”. Automotive News on the web. Retrieved February 27, 2009

March 2, 2009

GM’s Wagoner Meets With Auto Panel for Six Hours | www.bloomberg.com

Publications have used many adjectives over the years to describe the automotive tier one supply base; troubled, distressed, beleaguered, crippled, restructuring, etc... But the last six months it has interesting and painful to watch how the descriptions have progressively deteriorated to the most recent “unable to remain solvent”.

Douglas Hall, Principal

Douglas HallPrincipalRTF, LLC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

GM / Ford – Restructuring “simplified”

February 6, 2009

GM, Ford Sales Collapse May Force Deeper Industry Restructuring | www.bloomberg.com

Restructuring plans are simple; “What do we design?”, “What do we engineer?”, “What do we manufacture?”, “What do we assemble?” Brand it, Market it, Sell it and get rid of the rest.

Michael Cain, President / Consultant

Michael CainPresident / ConsultantMFC Consulting What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Is Honda going to save money by withdrawing from Formula One Racing

December 22, 2008

Honda quits F1 amid economic slowdown | nbcsports.msnbc.com

Honda is quitting!  This is important news to the people that follow Formula One Racing throughout the world.  Honda is giving up and taking their cars home to Japan.  In the economic climate of today’s auto business this is probably a smart move by Honda.  The reports say that they will save some six hundred million dollars by giving up the 2009 Formula One season.  But money may not be the only reason for this pull back.  Honda has not been winning.  Winning is why a car company enters F-1 in the first place.  Competitors such as Toyota have been finishing in the points and the Honda Teams were struggling.  Honda engineers and the Honda Company take great pride in their winning racing heritage and lately that pride has been absent from Formula One Racing and that is why Honda is gone. 

Michael Cain, President / Consultant

Michael CainPresident / ConsultantMFC Consulting What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Timing is Everything

October 15, 2008

G.M. and Chrysler Explore Merger | www.nytimes.com

The idea of GM buying out Chrysler is an exciting idea.  GM was willing to pay up to five billion dollars for the Jeep Division just a few years ago.  Imagine a Cadillac with a Hemi engine and so on.  Both companies would benefit from this merger and it would be an exciting time in the industry.  The elimination of two corporate offices and personnel departments and technology centers and testing and under utilized plants and etc. would be great for the business and would lower the cost of building autos and trucks.  This would be a good idea in normal times, but we are not in normal times and this merger should not happen for GM to succeed in 2010.

Douglas Hall, Principal

Douglas HallPrincipalRTF, LLC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Bill Heard Enterprises – “Closed”

October 2, 2008

Major GM Dealer Bill Heard Goes Out of Business | online.wsj.com

As single brand dealership stores fail so does the OEM brand image. You can spin it anyway you like; Independent Dealer, poor management, bad financial risk but at the end of the day perception is reality.

Michael Cain, President / Consultant

Michael CainPresident / ConsultantMFC Consulting What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Why the Big US made auto's won't sell

September 9, 2008

Sales Slump In Luxury Car Segment And Auto Makers Offer Deals | online.wsj.com

Current a condition is taking place in the auto industry that is not new put is puzzling to some auto observers.  Large American made cars simply are not selling in the US market place.  This is not the first time this has happened and will probably not be the last.  Here is why:   1.      American made large cars are not as fuel efficient as some import cars. 2.      The trade in value of used large cars is very low causing a larger trade difference. 3.      Dealer selection is very low because most dealers are trying to work these units out of their inventory and are not restocking. 4.      Very little has changed on a new large car from the one purchased even four years ago.  (Equipment, appearance, engines, and fuel mileage.)

Douglas Hall, Principal

Douglas HallPrincipalRTF, LLC What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

RADICAL CHANGES FOR RADICAL TIMES – OR IS THERE MORE TO IT?

August 13, 2008

Detroit’s race against time : Will the Big Three’s cash last long enough for them to fix themselves? | www.economist.com

Chrysler LLC announced it was exiting leasing entirely in July and GMAC has discontinued leasing in their Canadian market. This in it self may be considered a risk management avoidance given the current market status, however I find it interesting that Chrysler LLC is owned by Cerberus and Cerberus owns 52% of GMAC as well. This is just another curve ball for an already troubled dealer network that now has to rely on regional banks and credit unions that have different approaches and most likely higher interest rates and more stringent qualification requirements.

Dennis Profitt, Consultant

Dennis ProfittConsultantDennis Profitt What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

What Is Next In The US Automotive Industry For Ford, GM and Chrysler.

August 7, 2008

Ford Details Overhaul Plans As Losses Continue To Grow | online.wsj.com

Ford announced it was bringing six European vehicles to the US market and GM announced it was closing four truck Plants and adding shifts and new products to other plants.  While driven by the marketplace and predominantly by the price of fuel, this represents a departure from past downturns.

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