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...first nine months of this year, Rabbit sales plummeted 43.4% below 1981's figure, and Volkswagen's share of the U.S. auto market stood at a meager 1.9%, well below the 5% won by the Beetle in the 1970s. In September, former General Motors Executive James McLernon resigned as president of Volkswagen of America and was replaced by Noel Phillips, a marketing executive from South Africa. With sales running far behind projections, the company has canceled plans to build cars at a second U.S. plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., and has put the $300 million facility, which...
Detroit executives were obviously pleased with the Reagan decisions. General Motors Chairman Roger Smith called them "a sensible step toward making regulation more cost-effective." Added James W. McLernon, president of Volkswagen of America: "This is a giant step toward restoring the long-term health of the American automotive industry." But Ralph Nader, the father of many of the auto rules, protested bitterly. Said he: "These regulation rollbacks are going to kill a lot of people and ruin the health and environment for others...
...about 1,000 workers. Most live within 35 miles of New Stanton, but some with special skills have come from Ohio and New York. For management talent, VW turned to Wolfsburg and Detroit. To run the Volkswagen Manufacturing Corp. of America, VW raided General Motors and got lanky James McLernon. Despite seven years of service as Chevrolet's general manufacturing manager, he was passed over for a vice presidency and was ripe for plucking. He left GM with some misgivings: "It was a tough decision to make." But VW's lure was a reported $1 million, five-year...
...Chevy has found defective axles in another 44 cars. It is possible, G.M. dealers believe, that about another 140 Vegas still have defective rear axles. Because they are a fraction of an inch too short, wheels and axles can come loose from the cars. Says James McLernon, Chevy's manufacturing manager: "We made a terrible mistake, and the worst part of it is we just don't know how it could have happened...
Early this month, MTA General Manager Thomas J. McLernon quietly gave assurances that the MTA would abandon its plans to move repair facilities to Codman Square. A day later the Kenneally bill was quietly removed from the legislative docket...