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DomManganelli @ Mar 29th 2008 9:35AM
gm is probably saving money by not producing them anyway
cowboy bob @ Mar 29th 2008 9:44AM
GM must continue to pay support personell, and medical costs and other benefits to laidoff employees. Also all the infostructure costs in idle plants as well as dozens of other expenses. To think any "savings" here would develop, is incorrect by a tremendous margin.
DomManganelli @ Mar 29th 2008 9:47AM
of course you are right.... what i was meaning to say is that they are bankrupting themselves by producing crap cars.
cowboy bob @ Mar 29th 2008 2:12PM
Dom, while the selection from GM remains less than world class, their quality has improved. If they would make design strides toward that which Toyota and Honda enjoy, that would be an improvement.
DomManganelli @ Mar 29th 2008 3:43PM
while this is true, the biggest challenge for them i think is going to be fixing their brand's image, which has taken a real beating in the last few years
cowboy bob @ Mar 29th 2008 7:22PM
You are correct. They will suffer for a decade as a result