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Title: Car: A Drama of the American Workplace by Mary Walton ISBN: 0-393-31861-3 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.88 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Anything but boring...
Comment: I find that Mary Walton has done an outstanding job in this work. Were it simply a journal of names and events, it wouldn't entertain so well. I read and enjoy the car magazines. I've also worked for GM at a design and manufacturing facility, it could have been the Ford Ms. Walton describes. And although it appears to my fellow reviewers to be an unforgivable faux pas, I actually own a Taurus of this era and I'm quite pleased with it on it's own merits. A limited production styling and engineering exercise is exciting in it's own way, but this story is what happens with the cars actually purchased in the American market, the ones we hold on to for 14.5 years. The Japanese do things a little differently, not necessarily better. Look at the debt loads of the Japanese manufacturers today. Drive a Camray then drive a Taurus on a fast, winding mountain road. The Taurus need make no apology under this criteria. Choose your own, no car will fit them all. I don't want a Corvette, sorry. I can't afford one, it's not worth the insurance to me, I can't carry anyone in it. I'm not interested in reading about it's development. I think Mary Walton did a fine job of going to the heart of the automobile industry in America, uncovering the good and the bad. I was amazed at both the quality of her research and the pace of the book, and it was presented in a fashion that appeals to the avid automobile journal reader. I don't think this makes Ford look bad at all. It's a drama of the American workplace, repeated in other workplaces with different accents in auto manufacturers worldwide. Read the book. If you don't care for the Taurus, especially after reading this book, then think twice about the sausage you ate for breakfast, where it came from. This book is good entertainment.
Rating: 5
Summary: Even non-car people will love this book
Comment: I picked this book up and couldn't put it down, I'm not even really interested in the process of designing and producing an automobile. The writing style is fun, and while a bit simple it is highly engaging. A nice departure from the facts, figures and bone dry writing I would have expected.
Kristina Osborn
Acquisitions
Columbus College of Art and Design, Packard Library
Rating: 4
Summary: More than just cars - the development process
Comment: The appeal of this book goes beyond an interest in the auto industry or an interest in cars. If you work in any kind of development process, from software to hardware, this book is both an entertaining and instructive read. It seems we're all fighting the same battles: Designers and engineers constantly at loggerheads, testers finding bugs at the last minute, division presidents saying outlandish things to the press and the sales people looking for the spin. If you don't want to read yet another boring book on how to improve the software development process, try this.
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Title: Comeback : The Fall & Rise of the American Automobile Industry by Paul Ingrassia, Joseph B. White ISBN: 0684804379 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 18 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production by James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos ISBN: 0060974176 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The End of Detroit : How the Big Three Lost Their Grip on the American Car Market by MICHELINE MAYNARD ISBN: 0385507690 Publisher: Currency Pub. Date: 23 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Turnaround : How Carlos Ghosn Rescued Nissan by David Magee ISBN: 006051485X Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Taken for a Ride : How Daimler-Benz Drove Off With Chrysler by Bill Vlasic, Bradley A. Stertz ISBN: 0060934484 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: 19 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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