Anybody watching the Tour De France giggle at the new Saab 9-7x commercials where the Viggen jet morphs into a 40k Trailblazer? What a POS. Take Saab...which did pretty ok outfitting all the librarians and professors in New England, discontinue all Swedish cars and replace with overpriced Opals (which don't sell as Opals!) and shit Chevy trucks!:rofl: :banghead:
Now...word that not only is the Hummer H1 dead, but there is growing feeling within GM that Hummer be tossed into the weeds altogether. Seems, as of the end of May, the Toyota Prius has outsold Hummer...ALL 3 Hummers!:smilelol:
Carlos Ghosn can't get to Detroit fast enough...and he'll need more dough than Nissan and Renault have combined to turn around GM. What a shame.
GM aint alone...Daimler Chrysler runs add with the German "Dr Z" dude...'convincing' us that the Charger is German tuned (and not just a rebodied 20 year old E-Class) and now Car and Driver has an article this month talking about all the cool stuff available with a blue oval on the grill...at least if you're in a country other than the US!
Mismanagement of an entire industry is embarassing...and please dont give me the "it's the unions" BS...because unions run the show for a good many plants NOT associated with american brands and they seem to be alive and kicking. And it aint the pensions and supplier contracts and steel costs and blah blah blah...It's that the Cavalier was so embarassing for so long that the Cobalt doesn't have a chance no matter what king of a car it is. That and when I took the wife to the Ford Dealer to have the old POS Stang fixed, they teased her about needing a make-up mirror!...Wha YEAR is this!?
There was a reason why I went to the LR dealer to get a Disco before they became Tauruses. 10 year-old Focus my ass...atriot:
Now...word that not only is the Hummer H1 dead, but there is growing feeling within GM that Hummer be tossed into the weeds altogether. Seems, as of the end of May, the Toyota Prius has outsold Hummer...ALL 3 Hummers!:smilelol:
Carlos Ghosn can't get to Detroit fast enough...and he'll need more dough than Nissan and Renault have combined to turn around GM. What a shame.
GM aint alone...Daimler Chrysler runs add with the German "Dr Z" dude...'convincing' us that the Charger is German tuned (and not just a rebodied 20 year old E-Class) and now Car and Driver has an article this month talking about all the cool stuff available with a blue oval on the grill...at least if you're in a country other than the US!
Mismanagement of an entire industry is embarassing...and please dont give me the "it's the unions" BS...because unions run the show for a good many plants NOT associated with american brands and they seem to be alive and kicking. And it aint the pensions and supplier contracts and steel costs and blah blah blah...It's that the Cavalier was so embarassing for so long that the Cobalt doesn't have a chance no matter what king of a car it is. That and when I took the wife to the Ford Dealer to have the old POS Stang fixed, they teased her about needing a make-up mirror!...Wha YEAR is this!?
There was a reason why I went to the LR dealer to get a Disco before they became Tauruses. 10 year-old Focus my ass...atriot:
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