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I worked at a Ford Dealership in 1999-2000 and learned two things that festered contempt for auto workers and the car companies: Ford had a design concept to production turn around of 7 years and that in 1998 the average auto worker was compensated $100,000.<br> <br> sparrow298, Toyota did not create this method of production 60 years ago. Assembly lines go back much further, with Henry Ford being the most successful because he did so in a large-scale fashion. What you claim for Toyota was done in 1913 by FORD. Kiichiro Toyoda traveled to Europe and the United States in 1929 to learn about vehicle production researched gas-powered engines in 1930. <br> The first industrial robot was at GM in 1961.<br> The Toyota corporation is still doing what was once done by Ford, GM, and Chrysler-build cars with quality and innovation. For the US branded automakers it's "management" and "labor" negotiating, instead of trying to be the best.
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