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Ford, Chrysler and GM were all guilty of it, as to an extent were BMW and Mercedes (anyone remember Daimler Chrysler) - all burned huge piles of cash trying to buy market share, instead of addressing the core problems (to greater or lesser extents depending on which company you are talking about) around quality, design, engineering, working practices, inefficiency, inept executive management - see Honda and Toyota for some case studies here on how to do it right.
The Ford PAG was one of the largest bonfires of shareholder value/cash ever seen, the likes of only has only recently resurfaced at again at RIM and Nokia.