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goinbroke2 · 02-19-2009, 10:34 PM

I'm a Ford guy but I support our own first. GM as well as mopar needs support. It's not uaw's fault or any other one thing but a perfect storm that finally done them in. Mismanagement at the top, poor quality, bad service, think I'm talking about domestic's? How about toyota in the 70's! They found out their rusted out underpowered, uncomfortable tin cans can't compete head to head so they figured out what race to win. The quality one! And with that turn around they started building bigger, more comfortable and powerful cars.

The same will happen with the domestic's. Toyota proved it can't build a full size work truck, hell honda's is a FWD unibody car with a built in box! But the domestic's have been changing and in the last two years ford and chev both have trucks that will get 21mpg. Ford is now on par or better than japanese quality and has the most 5 star safety rated vehicles on the planet! The new fusion hybrid gets 8mpg better than the camry hybrid. There is a lot to be proud of only many years of dealerships denying warranty or pissing customers off has left a bad taste in consumers mouths. Once the nay sayers and anti domestic bashers realize that the quality is up on domestic's and on par with anything else offered, the tide will slowly change.

Times will be tough for GM and mopar. If they fail it could drag ford down too as well as foreign automakers who use the same suppliers.

Times are tough but don't give up on the same companies that built tanks/aicraft/etc for this country in it's time of need!

GO GM!

02-19-2009, 10:34 PM	#12
goinbroke2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NS CANADA Posts: 900 Likes: 1,686 Liked 404 Times in 158 Posts	Re: GM axes performance division I'm a Ford guy but I support our own first. GM as well as mopar needs support. It's not uaw's fault or any other one thing but a perfect storm that finally done them in. Mismanagement at the top, poor quality, bad service, think I'm talking about domestic's? How about toyota in the 70's! They found out their rusted out underpowered, uncomfortable tin cans can't compete head to head so they figured out what race to win. The quality one! And with that turn around they started building bigger, more comfortable and powerful cars. The same will happen with the domestic's. Toyota proved it can't build a full size work truck, hell honda's is a FWD unibody car with a built in box! But the domestic's have been changing and in the last two years ford and chev both have trucks that will get 21mpg. Ford is now on par or better than japanese quality and has the most 5 star safety rated vehicles on the planet! The new fusion hybrid gets 8mpg better than the camry hybrid. There is a lot to be proud of only many years of dealerships denying warranty or pissing customers off has left a bad taste in consumers mouths. Once the nay sayers and anti domestic bashers realize that the quality is up on domestic's and on par with anything else offered, the tide will slowly change. Times will be tough for GM and mopar. If they fail it could drag ford down too as well as foreign automakers who use the same suppliers. Times are tough but don't give up on the same companies that built tanks/aicraft/etc for this country in it's time of need! GO GM!