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GM to cut 30k jobs and 9 plants by 08
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isnt this the same company that was/is building a new hummer plant in lousinanna. seriously american car companies just dont get the idea of fuel effieceny
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Well...obviously...the geniuses at GM are thinking the tiny Hummer that gets 14 MPG will sell much better...so the model designation deserves a new plant...hurray for suspect fuel efficiency...
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well ill say this. they've lost me as a future buyer if they are still around.. ill just get another benz
and american cars have no quality. my moms gm equinox was made in canada with parts from china i belive.. how american is that. the paint on the radio bezel is already wearing away in some spots the dash is hard plastic dont even get me started on my step dads aveo which is made by daewoo in korea. i bet you could float it in the rice paddys |
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All True.
Their cars are total crap, but they are still the largest automaker in the world. I wouldn't buy a GM product in a million years, but a Vette would be fun toy.
Oh and if any of my fans are reading this. Yes, I finally bought some GM. Just couldn't sit tight. |
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So, how well is the job going to get done by people that know they'll be out of a job soon?
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89 300E 79 240D 72 Westy 63 Bug sunroof 85 Jeep CJ7 86 Chevy 6.2l diesel PU "The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." Marcus Aurelius |
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THey make great stuff thats beating much of the competition as is evidenced by JD Powers................problem is a lot of people want to ignore that. Its not the same company that built the Vega any longer.
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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Adam Lumsden (83) 300D Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section |
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Ford and GM are now turning to meet the challenge like oil tankers that get the signal to turn, it has taken them awhile. Too late. People are now set in their opinions. Its harder for a company to build a reputation than it is to lose it. GM spent the 90's losing it with their love affair with SUV's. What happens when oil prices go up, "Never happen!!" they said. . Meanwhile the japanese just kept churning out their boring cars and refining them (hmmm sounds very similar to the 70's doesn't it). Honda and Toyota may be crap but they'll be selling like hot cakes for the foreseeable future. Same reason people still buy Mercedes despite almost a decade of being at the bottom of JDpowers. Hyundai just released its Sonata which is a Camry killer but people still won't buy it because of the stupid Excel they made back in the 80's. GM should be worried but their not. They are still number one in their eyes. Corporate GM doesn't see it. But if I was a lowly GM employee or ex-employee I would be really worried and pissed. The sentiments in the above posts, real or imagined, are everywhere. |
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Ignore reality....you are just pregudice against GM and Damned the proof to the contrary of what you want to think.. People were not buying SUV's becasue nothing else was availible...they buy them becasue they want them....They still buy them becasue they want them...
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Proud owner of .... 1971 280SE W108 1979 300SD W116 1983 300D W123 1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper 1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel 1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified) --------------------- Section 609 MVAC Certified --------------------- "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
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You can ***** about SUVs all you want and I hate them too, but the H2 and other Suburban still are top sellers.
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Adam Lumsden (83) 300D Vice-President of the MBCA International Stars Section |
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The big 3 had 70% of US market share in 1990 and has about 55% now. Of that only DCX has picked up any market share, about 1%. Not everyone wanted big SUV's.
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Happy Holidays!
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I agree on the Cobalt, it's actually a solid lil car that scored better in crash tests than its Japanese counterparts (corolla, civic).
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