Add a New Bulls Reason Concept: Big Three Auto Woes Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 66% agree 3 votes   Big Three Production Costs Are Now Competitive Top Contributor: J.D. Thornton | Last edited on 12/01/08 | Edit | History By the summer of 2008, Chrysler and Toyota both required an average of 30.37 hours to make a vehicle, GM 32.29 hours, and Ford 33.88 hours.[1] This evidence reflects the fact that the difference in labor usage between the most and least efficient major car producers shrank to 3.5 hours in the first half of 2008.[2] This means that American Automakers have largely closed the production cost differential which once put them at a major disadvantage to foreign producers. (100 character max) Cancel

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