Detroit – How Long Do You Wait on God?
Posted by truthtalklive on 16 March, 2009
What’s really wrong with the auto industry that no one is talking about? How can the auto companies stay afloat in the current economy? What’s going to happen to the United Auto Worker’s union? What should the government’s role be? Good questions..What do you think?
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2 Comments on “Detroit – How Long Do You Wait on God?”
What a “pipe dream”!!!! The only reason GM is not bankrupt is the billions they are getting from our taxes (yours and mine), and the reason they need this money is because they have been making cars nobody wants because of their lousy quality and cars that cost too much to make because of the union. GM has not had the guts to take on the union in the past – and can you imagine what a $10,000 car is going to be like?
I have a GM-made full size pickup truck. In the last decade, they have outsold everything else by far, beating Ford and Dodge in a highly competitive market segment. They outsell Toyota’s best-selling Camry something like three times over. Mine is eight years old now with 120,000 miles and it’s proven to be the best GM vehicle in my family since 1960. We’ve had all the other makes sold in North America and only vehicles costing far more (like Mercedes) have had identifiable advantages. Most makes other than GM were far worse, though some like Honda and Acura were reliable (but boring) and others like Jaguar had charm. My personal experience is not the only evidence that GM is not what it’s critics say. They consistently rank high in evaluations of quality. Their sales have been competitive with others in many segments. To say they make cars that nobody wants or that their quality is lousy just doesn’t match the facts or is too broad of a generalization. Their prices are not significantly higher than competitors, but they are high — probably because like houses they were driven up by a credit-fueled bubble in the money supply.
GM has real problems, but to place the blame on the products is consumer short-sightedness. Their products have been competitive with the market overall in quality and price and the sales prove it. Just look at their pickups. They were selling something like 1.3 million of them a year — far more than double Camry and Accord sales combined. Those pickup trucks are essential to a lot more jobs than just those of UAW members. They literally drive farming, construction, industry, the military, and a lot of families like mine. I hope they reorganize and come out better. GM shaped a huge part of the 20th century through automobiles and railroad locomotives. I hope that greed hasn’t destroyed as much as some people appear to be wishing for.