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Publication: Automotive Design & Production
Publication Date: 01-NOV-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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If Detroit's automakers are the canary in the proverbial coal mine when it comes to the economy, one has to wonder whether the bird, which has been finding it hard to breathe of late, is headed for irreversible suffocation. Earlier this year, prognosticators said the U.S. may go through a mild recession, one that would only last a couple of quarters and then things would get back on track. Sure enough, Detroit's automakers saw their fortunes fade at the beginning of the year, just as predicted. Layoffs and plant closings occurred, and everyone had hoped the actions taken would be enough to get the industry through what was...

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