GM seeks up to $30B in aid, to cut 47,000 jobs

[Rt.66]

Asian cars all look the same. You could throw a sheet over most of Toyota, Honda and Nissans inventory and not be able to distinguish which model was hiding under the Wamsutta sheet.

* Now the Dodge charger and the new challenger… now there is some sheet metal beauty!

* The Chevy Malibu is like a mid size car in a really nice suit and the new Camero is just stunning!

* Cadilacs WOW!

* Chrylser Sebring, yeah! The Crossbow? Deffinately!

* Ford Flex, I love it. Ford trucks make me lust.

I could go on but…

Now my list of inspiring Asian cars:

* Well there is the….uh what was that called? No thats the other one….um well…uh.. I’m sure they make something creative?

I’d rather go 180k miles trouble free miles in something with some soul and excitement than 190k trouble free miles in a boring as hell generic, cookie cutter econo-box on wheels.

Any of you Japan cheerleaders know how many Saturn cars have well over 200k miles and they are still going strong? I recently discovered that you just can’t kill those little things. I have a friend with one with well over 300k on it and you’d never know. Just read about a lady who has a Saturn wagon with over 600k on it. Oh well, GM sucks, lets buy a Honda!

[ibjames]

eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner

[ibjames]

eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner

[ibjames]

eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner

[ibjames]

eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner

[ibjames]

eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner

[svelte]

[quote=ibjames]eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner[/quote]

Completely agree here…they went through quite a dead period with respect to styling.

And you’re right, they’ve pulled out of it for the most part.

Personally, I just buy the car that fits my needs the best – wherever and by whomever it is made.

[svelte]

[quote=ibjames]eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner[/quote]

Completely agree here…they went through quite a dead period with respect to styling.

And you’re right, they’ve pulled out of it for the most part.

Personally, I just buy the car that fits my needs the best – wherever and by whomever it is made.

[svelte]

[quote=ibjames]eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner[/quote]

Completely agree here…they went through quite a dead period with respect to styling.

And you’re right, they’ve pulled out of it for the most part.

Personally, I just buy the car that fits my needs the best – wherever and by whomever it is made.

[svelte]

[quote=ibjames]eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner[/quote]

Completely agree here…they went through quite a dead period with respect to styling.

And you’re right, they’ve pulled out of it for the most part.

Personally, I just buy the car that fits my needs the best – wherever and by whomever it is made.

[svelte]

[quote=ibjames]eh.. as a consumer, I have always hated the looks of gm cars and the interiors.

Huge, ugly buttons, crappy plastic that warps from the heat, and just crappy design..

A lot of the later cars coming out though are looking nice.. I just wish they would have adapted to trends sooner[/quote]

Completely agree here…they went through quite a dead period with respect to styling.

And you’re right, they’ve pulled out of it for the most part.

Personally, I just buy the car that fits my needs the best – wherever and by whomever it is made.

[svelte]

[quote=flu]
Frankly, GM would be better off to restructure. I want GM/Ford/Chrysler to survive and build better cars. But that would probably mean throwing a significant portion of the people onto the street and redoing all the contracts with UAW.
[/quote]

Agree here also. I think GM has needed a wake-up call for quite awhile and it may take something as deep as this to get it…up until recently they seem to think they call the shots in the industry. If they can wipe the slate clean and start fresh, I think that is really what is called for as painful as it’s gonna be.

People seem to ignore the quality stats of the past decade and just believe the biased reporting the media puts out with respect to GM quality. I’ve owned several of their recent products and they’ve been stellar, reinforcing the quality surveys I’ve seen.

No matter…since the public believes what they want GM/others have to discount prices giving me excellent deals! I win!

[svelte]

[quote=flu]
Frankly, GM would be better off to restructure. I want GM/Ford/Chrysler to survive and build better cars. But that would probably mean throwing a significant portion of the people onto the street and redoing all the contracts with UAW.
[/quote]

Agree here also. I think GM has needed a wake-up call for quite awhile and it may take something as deep as this to get it…up until recently they seem to think they call the shots in the industry. If they can wipe the slate clean and start fresh, I think that is really what is called for as painful as it’s gonna be.

People seem to ignore the quality stats of the past decade and just believe the biased reporting the media puts out with respect to GM quality. I’ve owned several of their recent products and they’ve been stellar, reinforcing the quality surveys I’ve seen.

No matter…since the public believes what they want GM/others have to discount prices giving me excellent deals! I win!

[svelte]

[quote=flu]
Frankly, GM would be better off to restructure. I want GM/Ford/Chrysler to survive and build better cars. But that would probably mean throwing a significant portion of the people onto the street and redoing all the contracts with UAW.
[/quote]

Agree here also. I think GM has needed a wake-up call for quite awhile and it may take something as deep as this to get it…up until recently they seem to think they call the shots in the industry. If they can wipe the slate clean and start fresh, I think that is really what is called for as painful as it’s gonna be.

People seem to ignore the quality stats of the past decade and just believe the biased reporting the media puts out with respect to GM quality. I’ve owned several of their recent products and they’ve been stellar, reinforcing the quality surveys I’ve seen.

No matter…since the public believes what they want GM/others have to discount prices giving me excellent deals! I win!

[svelte]

[quote=flu]
Frankly, GM would be better off to restructure. I want GM/Ford/Chrysler to survive and build better cars. But that would probably mean throwing a significant portion of the people onto the street and redoing all the contracts with UAW.
[/quote]

Agree here also. I think GM has needed a wake-up call for quite awhile and it may take something as deep as this to get it…up until recently they seem to think they call the shots in the industry. If they can wipe the slate clean and start fresh, I think that is really what is called for as painful as it’s gonna be.

People seem to ignore the quality stats of the past decade and just believe the biased reporting the media puts out with respect to GM quality. I’ve owned several of their recent products and they’ve been stellar, reinforcing the quality surveys I’ve seen.

No matter…since the public believes what they want GM/others have to discount prices giving me excellent deals! I win!

[Author]

Posts