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Going, going, GONE: SRT8 Challengers sold out {Autoblog}
Apr 24th 2008 2:29PM i hope they will be able to keep it up in 2-3 years. Look at how 300 became stale.
Strike at Malibu plant averted for now, Lucerne and DTS production to resume {Autoblog}
Apr 24th 2008 9:18AM EPILONUS...for struggling American carmakers?
OK, but they are struggling because of MANAGMENT, not unions. You have been told this before probably many many times over...Ford does not sell Focus for profit....its only point is to meet CAFE, Civic and Focus are so far apart it not even funny. Who's fault is that? MANAGMENT.
Exactly the same applies to Aveo and Cobalt, while they do sell in BIG numbers...they are not PROFITABLE. They are there to offset CAFE numbers.........Honda makes Civic to make money, Toyota makes Corolla to make money, detroit makes small cars to meet CAFE.......see something very wrong here?
Who's responsible?
Also one more question for you, gas prices went up after Sept 11, we are in 2008. How come the managment of GM still uses oil prices as an exuse, they have had 7 years to deal with this issue, 7 years and as people swich cars they will abandon Detroit cars and get great Foreighn cars........................who's fault is that?
First round of CAFE targets to be announced on Earth Day {Autoblog}
Apr 22nd 2008 9:10AM Yes the horsepower war is over.....................for morons.
Those who planned ahead have enough profitable, high valume small vehicles that will offset small production sports cars. Think about it, if Toyota Prius owns 45% of the hybrid market....do you really think Toyota will be concerned with a hit on its CAFE by a 25-30 thousand units a year sports car?
No Ofcourse not, on the other hand if you are GM and there's no guarancy that people will countinue buying Eveos so you CAFE is high enough to sell Camaros and G8's.......in that case you may want to scale back on big HP.
Speaking of BIG HP............sports cars are low valume products and REAL sports engines are very expencive and probably to big sellers...so their affect on CAFE is minimal.
How many Mustangs out there are sold with V8 compared to smaller engines?
Spy Shots: GM's 7-passenger global people mover {Autoblog}
Apr 18th 2008 4:15PM I couldn't have put it better my self. When you have a small one of those.....you buy a 7 people car for a family of 4.
Spy Shots: Saab 9-4X prototype caught {Autoblog}
Apr 11th 2008 4:43PM Look at the HUGE Grill.
It tells me that this is simply another SAAB that is a more luxurious twin of a chevy. (traverse in this case)
Ford shoots for 100,000 Flex sales a year {Autoblog}
Apr 11th 2008 1:01PM The people who are buying this SUV will be the very same people who will vote in November agains republicans because they feel like Republicans are not doing enough to ease the pain they are feeling because of high gas prices.
Not once will they question if they really need a huge SUV....it's much easier to blame some one else.
Toyota may move all Tundra production to Texas {Autoblog}
Apr 3rd 2008 12:53PM Cut all but one shift, or idle it altogether.
With gas where it is it would probably pay off to slow down the production of Tank based SUVs.
Poll: Auto execs favor McCain by 70% {Autoblog}
Apr 2nd 2008 9:14AM I think Obama's increase is even higher than hers. Which is the reason i want to vote for him.
Poll: Auto execs favor McCain by 70% {Autoblog}
Apr 2nd 2008 9:12AM Not Probably.
Dude there are cars that still do not have AC as a standard feature, still cars that do not have power windows (origibaly introduced in 1940's)
Auto industry is very backward
Package Deal: Tata buys 5 British marques for the price of 2 {Autoblog}
Mar 28th 2008 1:08PM BMW refused to license the name to them (leaving SAIC to label its cars Roewe)---------Do these people have ANY shame?
