Sure they did.
And then they realized that they'd rather sell highly expensive 3 year wonders to rich idiots who are happy to lease and flip. THAT'S what keeps the money pumping into the company.
EVERYONE knows the story of M-B in this country. From tanks to trash. It was a business decision--to build junk.
Seriously. I took it as such :)
nate
....you don't want the engineers who have to know the
Often the opposite is true.
"Bean counters" dictate what engineers have to work with and how. Good example might be the Accord tranny problems of a few years back. Another is marketing sales that make promises and in order to meet traget production rates/timelines, engineers are forced to take shortcuts.
During my working career, I saw this to be the case all too often.
JT
There are engineers who understand business (good), and there are beancounters who give zero credibility to the engineers and who have no idea and don't care whether their company sells cars or toilet paper (bad).
But the engineer who knows only engineering and knows only that in his world it's important to know the temperature at the top of the piston, is not the guy you want running the company. At all.
MotorsForum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.