Forgive my skepticism

VW of America has named Jonathan Browning as their new chief executive of US operations.  For a bit of backstory, Browning had been part of GM Europe between 1981 and 1997 and then head manager of Jaguar in the UK between 1997 and 2001 before returning to GM Europe in 2001.  I don’t doubt that Mr. Browning is a fantastic executive and has probably earned his appointment but I’m very skeptical of GM management as a rule, especially when it comes to producing vehicles that American buyers are actually interested in.  Hopefully his British and continental experience will keep VW of America on track with importing German cars instead of designing them all to a price for sale exclusively in the US.

This doesn’t bode well, though.