Keep what is profitable. Can what is not. Make more of what makes a profit. How much simpler can it get? Cut costs and increase quality (or at least the perception of quality :-) ). Brand loyalty is shallow. Popularity is most often short lived. I think, along with the business structure, the marketing people have been failing.
I like the GMC trucks better than their Chevy counterparts. I have a Ford because it was the most truck I could get for the money at the time.
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Unfortunately other idiotic factors are involved due to regulations and other BS...thats why they continue to produce efficient cars, despite the fact that are not profitable. But since the government demands it, the government gets it.
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GM and Ford have some great cars they produce overseas that can't be produced here. Ford has a diesel version of the Focus that gets 65mpg, but the US will never see it due to high production cost as well as the cafe standards.
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and I wonder from everyone posting who actually has any experience to what gm, chrystler, toyota, ford, etc are doing... any of you actually work in a plant, for these companies, for a supplier, for anyone who has to do with any of this?

If not, why even talk about it. It's just the same as those news reporters who print first and ask questions later. :-)
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I know and watching the news last night its said how misinformed people are on the issue. Unfortunately its not limited to one age group. Its every where. This also goes to reliability. JDpowers recent reports on reliability also shows many US manufactures are producing very high quality product. Unfortunately the 80s and erly 90s they took a deagle and shot themselves in the head 2x.

As to hybrids I still laugh at the buyers. My childhood friend works for toyota and discussed just how non eco friendly these cars are. The amount of wiring used the amount of energy to produce and the batteries. These cars are no where near as eco friendly as people think they are. A corolla is more eco friendly than a prius when all factors are included. Why do you think VW green diesel is viewed by many as the greenest vehicle available.

OOO and I buy and drive Ford Trucks. My F250 has been the greatest truck I have owned hands down. Having owned Chevy, Dodge, Toyota. Ford is built the best.
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My S10 SS will beat up your F250.
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My F250 will beat up the Chevy while hauling the Dodge! :-)
.45 vs 9mm anyone?
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Why talk about it? It is just a tad relevant to everyone who lives in this country seeing that the auto industry is one of our most important industries. In fact, it is relevant to everyone in the world today! I don't see how not talking about it would help.
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Agreed.

That plus the fact that I've now been thrust in as an owner of the company.
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We are BUYERS. This gives us the authority to talk about it. BTW the company i work for is a supplier to auto manufactures. I think everyone has a say in this.
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Trailblazer was replaced with the Traverse

GMC and Chevy Interiors are absolutly identical same part numbers too. QC might be different at the assembly plant though :dunno
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I'm biased because I work as a contractor in a GM plant. I will say I want them to survive. I see every day where there is wasted money, on people and supplies.

This has happened in one way or another at every company I've worked for. Though in this case it's on a larger scale due to the size of the company.

What gets me is how people seem to be on a hate train over the auto companies. Or the Unions... or whatever. They have their faults, they have their benefits. It's all screwed up.

Problem I see is the lack of factual data being provided by the haters. There is some from time to time, usually twisted to the numbers that benefit the speaker most.

Just looking for open minds and the like.
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Failing business should fail. The government is rewarding failure (bailouts) and punishing (taxing) success. This is not the America that our founding fathers envisioned. The federal government does not have the constitutional authority to bailout, manage, or direct private industries.
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I work for a supplier for at least another month, do I get to talk about it?
:-) F450 FTW
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Yea, tho the govt shouldn't be putting it's nose into banning tobacco use either...though they do.... But I do believe we shouldn't talk about political issues towards these topics...
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These issues are engrossed in politics.
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Follow up, it looks like I'm not alone in my feelings:
Detroit Free Press article
http://www.freep.com/article/2009040...SS06/904090367
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