OT: Auto Bailouts Everywhere – Even in Japan and Germany

[svelte]

[quote=Rt.66] Never have US companies made so many exciting and interesting models (except for maybe the late 60s?).
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Agree with what you’ve said R66, and especially the quote above. Autos coming off the lines today from all car companies are amazing.

I still hear people wishing the cars from the 1960s would return, and I always say wtf! Today’s cars – from any mfr – have more HP, get better gas mileage, emit less pollutants, handle better, are safer, are more comfortable and have many more amenities…who in their right mind would return?

[ralphfurley]

Maybe we could return to the point where we were at least thinking about making electric cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FDmmJm9vSA

Anyone down in SD there looking to test drive an Aptera? I hear they are in Vista, CA.

[ralphfurley]

Maybe we could return to the point where we were at least thinking about making electric cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FDmmJm9vSA

Anyone down in SD there looking to test drive an Aptera? I hear they are in Vista, CA.

[ralphfurley]

Maybe we could return to the point where we were at least thinking about making electric cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FDmmJm9vSA

Anyone down in SD there looking to test drive an Aptera? I hear they are in Vista, CA.

[ralphfurley]

Maybe we could return to the point where we were at least thinking about making electric cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FDmmJm9vSA

Anyone down in SD there looking to test drive an Aptera? I hear they are in Vista, CA.

[ralphfurley]

Maybe we could return to the point where we were at least thinking about making electric cars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FDmmJm9vSA

Anyone down in SD there looking to test drive an Aptera? I hear they are in Vista, CA.

[svelte]

Porsche is fighting to stay out of bankruptcy and is approaching the German government for help:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/

Porsche sells 100K cars per year and has 50% more debt than Chrysler.

[svelte]

Porsche is fighting to stay out of bankruptcy and is approaching the German government for help:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/

Porsche sells 100K cars per year and has 50% more debt than Chrysler.

[svelte]

Porsche is fighting to stay out of bankruptcy and is approaching the German government for help:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/

Porsche sells 100K cars per year and has 50% more debt than Chrysler.

[svelte]

Porsche is fighting to stay out of bankruptcy and is approaching the German government for help:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/

Porsche sells 100K cars per year and has 50% more debt than Chrysler.

[svelte]

Porsche is fighting to stay out of bankruptcy and is approaching the German government for help:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/05/25/report-porsche-facing-dire-times-actually-skirted-bankruptcy-i/

Porsche sells 100K cars per year and has 50% more debt than Chrysler.

[4plexowner]

supply vs demand – the planet is producing some 34 million more cars per year than needed (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115040763998.htm)

it seems pretty obvious to me that some of this productive capacity is going to go away

its all well and good to consider the jobs that will be lost as the auto industry right-sizes (remember that phrase?), but economic reality says the industry must be right-sized

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… or we can continue to pretend that there is an unlimited supply of money that can be thrown at every declining industry in America …

subsidize the manufacturing of automobiles (auto industry bailout), subsidize the consumer to purchase automobiles (0% loans, tax incentives), subsidize the cost of gas so the consumer can drive automobiles (we pay this subsidy in the form of 140 military bases around the world), subsidize the cost of maintaining roads and highways (“shovel-ready jobs” anyone?) …

[4plexowner]

supply vs demand – the planet is producing some 34 million more cars per year than needed (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115040763998.htm)

it seems pretty obvious to me that some of this productive capacity is going to go away

its all well and good to consider the jobs that will be lost as the auto industry right-sizes (remember that phrase?), but economic reality says the industry must be right-sized

~

… or we can continue to pretend that there is an unlimited supply of money that can be thrown at every declining industry in America …

subsidize the manufacturing of automobiles (auto industry bailout), subsidize the consumer to purchase automobiles (0% loans, tax incentives), subsidize the cost of gas so the consumer can drive automobiles (we pay this subsidy in the form of 140 military bases around the world), subsidize the cost of maintaining roads and highways (“shovel-ready jobs” anyone?) …

[4plexowner]

supply vs demand – the planet is producing some 34 million more cars per year than needed (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115040763998.htm)

it seems pretty obvious to me that some of this productive capacity is going to go away

its all well and good to consider the jobs that will be lost as the auto industry right-sizes (remember that phrase?), but economic reality says the industry must be right-sized

~

… or we can continue to pretend that there is an unlimited supply of money that can be thrown at every declining industry in America …

subsidize the manufacturing of automobiles (auto industry bailout), subsidize the consumer to purchase automobiles (0% loans, tax incentives), subsidize the cost of gas so the consumer can drive automobiles (we pay this subsidy in the form of 140 military bases around the world), subsidize the cost of maintaining roads and highways (“shovel-ready jobs” anyone?) …

[4plexowner]

supply vs demand – the planet is producing some 34 million more cars per year than needed (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_02/b4115040763998.htm)

it seems pretty obvious to me that some of this productive capacity is going to go away

its all well and good to consider the jobs that will be lost as the auto industry right-sizes (remember that phrase?), but economic reality says the industry must be right-sized

~

… or we can continue to pretend that there is an unlimited supply of money that can be thrown at every declining industry in America …

subsidize the manufacturing of automobiles (auto industry bailout), subsidize the consumer to purchase automobiles (0% loans, tax incentives), subsidize the cost of gas so the consumer can drive automobiles (we pay this subsidy in the form of 140 military bases around the world), subsidize the cost of maintaining roads and highways (“shovel-ready jobs” anyone?) …

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