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...factories are getting their workers closer to what they are making. At the plant where Pontiac builds its stylish Fiero, Manager Ernie Schaefer has eliminated one rank of supervisors, forcing responsibility on line workers. The pressure is on, he says, "to do it right the first time." At a Buick plant in Flint, Mich., a worker monitors the reliability of springs on a computer screen, rejecting those that do not measure up. Says Utilityman James Adkins: "I like it. It makes my job easier...
...year-old Kennedy was instantly killed when struck by Sansone's 1983 Buick. Two hours after the accident. Sansone turned himself in to Medford police and admitted to hitting the man, state trooper John J. Malone said...
Battery Gone: A. G. M. battery valued at $50 was reported taken from a Buick parked on the second level of the Soldiers Field garage between 5 p.m. Last Saturday and 9:45 p.m. Wednesday...
Buyers were quick to catch on to the manufacturing sleight of hand. Chevrolet sales slumped partly because drivers could slide into the seat of a comparable Oldsmobile or Buick for only a few hundred dollars more. Quality also suffered, since individual divisions did not have to take responsibility for the corporate clones. The X-cars have suffered an embarrassing number of recalls and face a Justice Department lawsuit...
Under Smith's plan, Chevrolet and Pontiac would be combined into a small-car group, which would sell nothing larger than intermediate-size models such the Chevrolet Celebrity and Pontiac A6000. Production of big cars would be restricted to Buick, Oldsmobile and Cadillac. GM would continue to market cars under the present five names. Each part of the bifurcated company would still be larger than either Ford or Chrysler. Word around Detroit last week was that Chevrolet General Manager Robert Stempel, 50, will take over the small-car group, while Buick Boss Lloyd Reuss, 47, will head the large...