http://www.markcaseyonline.com/2008/12/05/an-alternative-auto-bailout/ Culture, Entertainment, Design Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:22:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.markcaseyonline.com/2008/12/05/an-alternative-auto-bailout/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Jonathan Salem Baskin Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:57:17 +0000 http://www.markcaseyonline.com/?p=410#comment-1043 The Detroit automakers will have succeeded in spending over $6 BILLION this year alone on branding and marketing that nobody cared about...and we think their problem is that they can't BUILD cars? My worst fear is that they get the bailout cash, actually use it to do good things within the companies, and then consumers remain unconvinced to buy. I've written about it today at DIM BULB: http://tinyurl.com/68bopd. The Detroit automakers will have succeeded in spending over $6 BILLION this year alone on branding and marketing that nobody cared about…and we think their problem is that they can’t BUILD cars? My worst fear is that they get the bailout cash, actually use it to do good things within the companies, and then consumers remain unconvinced to buy. I’ve written about it today at DIM BULB: http://tinyurl.com/68bopd.

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