CNN blogger brings to mind that Simpsons episode with Danny Devito...

[Darren Dirt]

...as Homer's brother, remember that one?

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/19/detroit-pimp-my-ride/

What if you ran the car companies?

So, what if we got rid of all the suits and let some car guys run Chrysler and GM? Would it herald a return to the heyday of the Bandit and the General?


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How can we put an environmentally friendly high-performance engine in it, make it sexy, make it reliable, and make it cheap? It's just not possible, they'd say.

And that's why the MBAs in Detroit are now bowing and scraping to an Italian company that can't even be bothered to put the United States on their Web site.

The thing is, American industry has proven it's capable of anything. After all, America -- not Japan, not South Korea, and certainly not Italy -- America created the Mustang, America created the Hemi, and America created the Goat.

America can do this. America must do this.

Question for readers: If you ran a car company, what would you do? Comment below.