General Motors Company Profile

Strengths (Continued)

• Significant Progress to reduce cost since 2000.
• Developing partnerships around the world.
• New products such as Hummer H3 and Chevy HHR
• GM has a good product offering in China, with a small, cheap and fuel-economy cars, minivans and pick-up trucks.

Weaknesses

• Market share is down to 14.4 globally.
• Capacity Utilization.
• Too many plants and workers in North America.
• 111,000 employees and contracts that forbid permanent layoffs.
• Rebates and Sales Incentives in order to keep the plants running.
• Health care burden.
• Third Quarter Losses are $1.6 Billion compared to $88 million one year ago.