GM exiting bankruptcy

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

I can haz repost?

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

The top ten best-selling vehicles of 2008 were:

1. Ford F-Series

2. Chevrolet Silverado

3. Toyota Camry

4. Honda Accord

5. Toyota Corolla

6. Honda Civic

7. Nissan Altima

8. Chevrolet Impala

9. Dodge Ram

10. Honda CR-V

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

Trucks are selling? Based on what? All the reports i've seen are of plummeting truck sales unless you can show me different. The fusion is not a truck, it's a car, and it's a hybrid, which is what consumers are leaning towards now. And you're naming one car that is decent, but what about all the other cars? And once again, the CTS is not a truck.

You're all over the place. You say they don't make cars anybody wants, and I addressed that issue by saying they do. The Fusion isn't just a hybrid, the actual Fusion sells very well too. The top 3 affordable midsize cars are American, and 5 of the top 10.

http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/Affordable-Midsize-Cars/

The companies have reduced the amount of trucks they produced and focused on cars, but people still buy trucks. Ford sold 35000 F-150's in June. Every vehicle is going to be down in sales this year from every manufacture. Ford old 38000 in June 2008

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

The Ford F150 was the best selling vehicle in the united states in 2008 //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
edit: http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/05/01/085824.html

The most telling numbers there aren't the totals, but the percentage changes.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

The top ten best-selling vehicles of 2008 were:
1. Ford F-Series

2. Chevrolet Silverado

3. Toyota Camry

4. Honda Accord

5. Toyota Corolla

6. Honda Civic

7. Nissan Altima

8. Chevrolet Impala

9. Dodge Ram

10. Honda CR-V

The F series has been the best selling vehicle for over 30 years

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

who said they ****?
they are obviously doing alright, seeing as they didnt need a dime from the gov't. and i thought mercury was a step down from the ford model, and the lincoln was a step up.

No it has never been like that.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Most of those trucks are probably bottom end work trucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif They don't cost very much, and they get incentives to buy them.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

No it has never been like that.

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[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

We're talking to a guy from detroit lmao.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

Most of those trucks are probably bottom end work trucks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif They don't cost very much, and they get incentives to buy them.

Their mostly commercial trucks. Even so, it doesn't make sense to quit producing your best selling vehicle.

I worked at the GM tech center last year and had the opportunity to talk with some of GM's designers. What they told me is this Volt is going to be a failure. The technology costs so much, that the MSRP is going to be over 40k for a small car and it will cost the consumer more money to own a Volt than GM's 4 cylinder Malibu because the amount extra you'll pay in your electric bill, will outweigh your savings in gas.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

The most telling numbers there aren't the totals, but the percentage changes.

The Corolla and RAV4 had a bigger decrease than the F150. I'm not saying thats irrelevant, but that it wasn't just trucks that took a hit.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

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Mercury hasn't been the lower model than Ford. It has been Ford as the entry, than Mercury as the middle class and Lincoln as the luxury division.

 

[Lugnutz 10+ year member]

We're talking to a guy from detroit lmao.

What does that have to do with anything? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Trucks are selling? Based on what? All the reports i've seen are of plummeting truck sales unless you can show me different. The fusion is not a truck, it's a car, and it's a hybrid, which is what consumers are leaning towards now. And you're naming one car that is decent, but what about all the other cars? And once again, the CTS is not a truck.

I bought a brand new truck. A brand new Ford Ranger. I actually bought it out from another guy...so I know they sold 2.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

We need the geo metro back