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Old 11-10-2005, 10:30 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Re: BMW overtakes Benz

[quote=Imhotep Evil]Not exactly.

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Gregor's major finding is ......
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So you see:
snatcing and protecting skilled worker + litlle damage to its factories + comercial vehicle division + slave workers, so as not to use capital + continuity = MB succes recepy after WW2 = decades of lead over misfortunate competitors (BMW & Auto Union)
Interesting article. But BMW also used between 25 - 30,000 slave labours during the WW II period. BMW main focus was mainly to be a major supplier of aeroplane engines during WW II. There was no misfortune at BMW , there was till 1960's simply no big competence for building road cars. I remember that the owners at BMW even thought about selling BMW to MB at that time
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