Comments on: Auto Industry Needs Nearly $100 Billion to Survive: Should They Get it? http://gm-volt.com/2009/02/19/auto-industry-needs-nearly-100-billion-to-survive-should-they-get-it/ Real-time news, information, and discussion about the Chevrolet Volt. Fri, 25 May 2012 19:34:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: M1EK http://gm-volt.com/2009/02/19/auto-industry-needs-nearly-100-billion-to-survive-should-they-get-it/#comment-97007 M1EK Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:40:32 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1532#comment-97007 "And it’s what forced Detroit to cede the low- margin compact car market. If it’s really 4k per car, that’s huge when you’re talking about a 10,000-15,000 car!" Detroit's strategy was to decontent and dequality the small car to save $1K and then turn around and sell it for $5K less than a comparable Japanese car. Good show. Gonna make it up in volume? The delusion here is just amazing. Not only did they never really try to make good small cars (except for the 1st gen Saturns, which I actually bought); they've usually failed to hide a deep and active loathing for the very existence of small car buyers the whole time. “And it’s what forced Detroit to cede the low- margin compact car market. If it’s really 4k per car, that’s huge when you’re talking about a 10,000-15,000 car!”

Detroit’s strategy was to decontent and dequality the small car to save $1K and then turn around and sell it for $5K less than a comparable Japanese car.

Good show. Gonna make it up in volume?

The delusion here is just amazing. Not only did they never really try to make good small cars (except for the 1st gen Saturns, which I actually bought); they’ve usually failed to hide a deep and active loathing for the very existence of small car buyers the whole time.

]]> By: Herman http://gm-volt.com/2009/02/19/auto-industry-needs-nearly-100-billion-to-survive-should-they-get-it/#comment-96664 Herman Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:10:04 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1532#comment-96664 MONEY MONEY MONEY.... oke i wonder where is the black hole that is sucking all the money out of GM? Maybe Tesla will take over GM :P or even aptera... haha Anyway... maybe the BYD will here before the VOLT. The biggest import company here in the netherlands has already signed a contract with BYD for importing byd cars. http://www.echo.nl/wf-ds/auto/lees/787924/autobinck.wordt.importeur.byd/ (it's dutch but english is part of the german languages so you should get the point ) And it's claimed that they already made there cars NCAP ready. But not sure. I still don't get it why chinese people can ride a plug in before we EVEN CAN BUY ONE =D seriously!! Soon chinese will be the new amerika.... i think. MONEY MONEY MONEY…. oke i wonder where is the black hole that is sucking all the money out of GM?

Maybe Tesla will take over GM :P or even aptera… haha

Anyway… maybe the BYD will here before the VOLT.

The biggest import company here in the netherlands has already signed a contract with BYD for importing byd cars.

http://www.echo.nl/wf-ds/auto/lees/787924/autobinck.wordt.importeur.byd/
(it’s dutch but english is part of the german languages so you should get the point )

And it’s claimed that they already made there cars NCAP ready. But not sure.

I still don’t get it why chinese people can ride a plug in before we EVEN CAN BUY ONE =D seriously!!
Soon chinese will be the new amerika…. i think.

]]> By: jeff j http://gm-volt.com/2009/02/19/auto-industry-needs-nearly-100-billion-to-survive-should-they-get-it/#comment-96578 jeff j Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:48:06 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1532#comment-96578 Oh boy!! Oh boy!!

]]> By: RB http://gm-volt.com/2009/02/19/auto-industry-needs-nearly-100-billion-to-survive-should-they-get-it/#comment-96454 RB Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:37:26 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1532#comment-96454 The WSJ is reporting this morning (2/20) that customers are shifting from GM and Chrysler to Ford. The WSJ is reporting this morning (2/20) that customers are shifting from GM and Chrysler to Ford.

]]> By: john1701a http://gm-volt.com/2009/02/19/auto-industry-needs-nearly-100-billion-to-survive-should-they-get-it/#comment-96442 john1701a Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:53:20 +0000 http://gm-volt.com/?p=1532#comment-96442 <i>Oh, and to everyone that is complaining about the Volt’s price, compare it’s maintenance cost and features to the Prius.</i> _________________________ Real-World data takes years to gather... which means <b>2013</b> at the very minimum before anyone will have an constructive basis of comparison available. At that point, how many of the newest model Prius will be on the road? Stop fighting the very vehicle helping to push technology in favor of vehicles like Volt. Remember, GM's restructuring plan just submitted to the government relies heavily on traditional (non-hybrid) vehicles. Oh, and to everyone that is complaining about the Volt’s price, compare it’s maintenance cost and features to the Prius.
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Real-World data takes years to gather… which means 2013 at the very minimum before anyone will have an constructive basis of comparison available.

At that point, how many of the newest model Prius will be on the road? Stop fighting the very vehicle helping to push technology in favor of vehicles like Volt.

Remember, GM’s restructuring plan just submitted to the government relies heavily on traditional (non-hybrid) vehicles.

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