General Motors is Still in the Hotseat, but Sales are Soaring
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
General Motors risked its reputation by instituting a record number of recalls after news of deaths and injuries due to faulty ignition switches. The company has admitted it failed for years to address safety problems. So why are sales back to where they were before the recession?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | General Motors is still on the hot seat, but sails are soaring. |
| 0:15.2 | Hello again, I'm Arn Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:19.1 | A daily look at the issues issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:21.7 | For years, General Motors ignored defects and ignition systems tell deaths and injuries |
| 0:26.4 | forced the issue of auto safety into the open. Since then, there's been a record number of |
| 0:30.9 | highly publicized recalls by GM and other companies, too, but sales of new cars have gone through |
| 0:36.7 | the roof. |
| 0:38.5 | So where's the backlash? |
| 0:41.1 | Where does that consumer confidence come from? |
| 0:43.7 | Are new cars that much safer than old ones? |
| 0:46.7 | When the average car in America is 11 years old, |
| 0:49.5 | how many dangerous vehicles are still on the road? |
| 0:51.0 | Today's talking point? |
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| 0:56.3 | First, here's the news. |
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| 1:26.7 | Hello again, Warren Al-N, back with To the Point. |
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