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Old 26-05-2009, 08:05 PM   #1
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Default ABC1 8pm The Decline of Detroit

About American car industry, about Detroit in particular.
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:08 PM   #2
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:19 PM   #3
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:21 PM   #4
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:27 PM   #5
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Some parts of the city looked like a 3rd world country, such a shame to lose a important part of America's history.
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:29 PM   #6
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Some parts of the city looked like a 3rd world country, such a shame to lose a important part of America's history.
So very true, not much mention of Ford though.
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:34 PM   #7
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Town looked empty!

Would be hard to talk it up. Most of the show was nothing new to those with an interest in the motor industry.
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:41 PM   #8
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Yeah, not showing much we did not already know I thought.
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its the sign of the times lock up your old skool muscle as it is disappearing
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Old 26-05-2009, 08:57 PM   #10
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Yeah, the town looked pretty run down and deserted, a shame because so much has come from that city and lots of history there. I had to admit, the Hydrogen car was pretty funny, water vapor stores more heat than CO2 does, so if everyone switched to Hydrogen cars, we'd have the same "problem" except worse, instead of CO2 credits, it'd be water vapor credits.
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Old 26-05-2009, 09:09 PM   #11
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I like the former GM Exec talking about making the hard decisions. Words to the effect of if you had the choice between fixing a problem completely or taking the soft option, they'd always go the soft option.

Journalist talking about 70,000 jobs lost back in 2005 (a sign that there might be problems).

The Real Estate Agent driving around in his Merc (they should have asked him why he didn't buy American).

Also liked the African American GM workers family portrait with the Prez's cardboard cutout.

Last one, Simco & the Holden design team "saving the day" for GM.
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The Real Estate Agent driving around in his Merc (they should have asked him why he didn't buy American)
That's the first thing I thought.
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Old 26-05-2009, 11:14 PM   #13
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Repeated on ABC1 on Saturday at 1pm if anyone else missed it...

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Or you can watch it whenever you like at iView. Well, at least for the next few weeks.
http://www.abc.net.au/iview/

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