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Our relationship is strong, and we look forward to our continued partnership. This transaction will allow us to preserve our business relationship, while further building up GM's already significant liquidity position during this critical phase of our turnaround. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

Our relationship is strong, and we look forward to our continued partnership. This transaction will allow us to preserve our business relationship, while further building up GM's already significant liquidity position during this critical phase of our turnaround.

[DETROIT - General Motors Corp. chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday that the automaker's turnaround plan for its North American division is on track, but he wouldn't update the company's earnings forecast. GM withdrew its earnings guidance in April after it lost $1.1 billion in the first quarter. Wagoner noted that the company had previously estimated earnings of $4 to $5 a share for the year.] We will not meet that, ... North America is missing, and missing badly. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

[DETROIT - General Motors Corp. chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday that the automaker's turnaround plan for its North American division is on track, but he wouldn't update the company's earnings forecast. GM withdrew its earnings guidance in April after it lost $1.1 billion in the first quarter. Wagoner noted that the company had previously estimated earnings of $4 to $5 a share for the year.] We will not meet that, ... North America is missing, and missing badly.

It's one factor that's important in our overall cost competitiveness. I can't tell you it's the only or the primary thing for us, - Rick Wagoner Quotes

It's one factor that's important in our overall cost competitiveness. I can't tell you it's the only or the primary thing for us,

Competitiveness

Despite some speculation to the contrary, we at GM are still moving. In fact, we're taking some big steps to get moving fast in the right direction. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

Despite some speculation to the contrary, we at GM are still moving. In fact, we're taking some big steps to get moving fast in the right direction.

We are very pleased with the market's reaction to our launch products. In the first three months of the year, our new products accounted for about 30 per cent of our total sales ? more than double where we were a couple of years ago. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

We are very pleased with the market's reaction to our launch products. In the first three months of the year, our new products accounted for about 30 per cent of our total sales ? more than double where we were a couple of years ago.

If all you do is read the headlines, you may not have as constructive a view of the outlook as we believe you could have. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

If all you do is read the headlines, you may not have as constructive a view of the outlook as we believe you could have.

The industry sales mix is shifting away from the larger, higher-profit vehicles, even pickups, ... reflects too much reliance on those products for profitability. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

The industry sales mix is shifting away from the larger, higher-profit vehicles, even pickups, ... reflects too much reliance on those products for profitability.

If I look at our priority list on the things we need to do to get cost-competitive, wage rates are nowhere near the top for us. We have a far greater burden in legacy costs, in flexibility of using our work force, in jobs banks than we do in wage rates. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

If I look at our priority list on the things we need to do to get cost-competitive, wage rates are nowhere near the top for us. We have a far greater burden in legacy costs, in flexibility of using our work force, in jobs banks than we do in wage rates.

Over the last nine months we have been aggressively implementing our North American turnaround plan. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

Over the last nine months we have been aggressively implementing our North American turnaround plan.

It was a year in which two significant fundamental weaknesses in our North American operations were fully exposed - our huge legacy cost burden and our inability to adjust structural costs in line with revenue. - Rick Wagoner Quotes

It was a year in which two significant fundamental weaknesses in our North American operations were fully exposed - our huge legacy cost burden and our inability to adjust structural costs in line with revenue.

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