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Replying to: m4d_cow (Jan 28, 2009 9:48 am) In my opinion, Chevy has had this problem for awhile now. I remember when the 1997 Malibu came out, replacing the Corsica. The local Chevy dealer had a Malibu and a Lumina in their showroom. I sat in both of them, and swear the Malibu head better legroom, both front and rear. It also seemed to have a bigger trunk. Now the Lumina was wider inside, so I guess the Lumina was better suited holding 5-6 shorter people, whereas the Malibu would be better if you had 4 tall people. When the 2000 Impala came out, it seemed like it was roomier up front, but the back was still tight. And somehow, they managed to make the 2006+ Impala feel tighter, which surprises me since it's just a restyle rather than an all new design.
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Replying to: anythngbutgm (Jan 28, 2009 8:53 am) |
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jan 28, 2009 4:03 am) That's surprising, considering you can get factory nav on a Civic and a Fit.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 28, 2009 10:15 am)  You're so right about the room issue, it's been a problem with pretty much all domestics and they're still not getting it right.... |
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Jan 28, 2009 7:46 am) That's because it went from lousy to at least competitive. A good start. But to OW's point, to GAIN rather than LOSE market share, GM needs to hit home runs. Not just be competitive. I applaud the improvements but they need to set the bar much higher. |
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 28, 2009 7:46 am) I think you spelled it right! It's not that there are not any US makes on the road (just like there are J3 makes in MI), there are just not that many. Plus there in Orange County you have the big Leisure World -- perhaps some of the Buicks you saw came from there?
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Replying to: tlong (Jan 28, 2009 10:54 am)
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Jan 28, 2009 11:15 am) I hope it's not the case that the OnStar group within GM is putting political pressure on the company to NOT make a factory Nav available, rather than looking at the big picture and trying to put out the best products. I could see that situation happening; companies of all types must fight local optimization (in this case, a feature they want to sell) vs. overall product optimization (increase Malibu sales).
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Replying to: tlong (Jan 28, 2009 11:21 am) |
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General Motors Corp. plans to end Monday its controversial jobs bank program, which paid UAW workers who were not working, the company said today. The moves come as GM and Chrysler are racing to get concessions from labor and other stakeholders as required under the terms of the $17.4 billion federal rescue of the two companies. The 1,600 UAW workers in GM’s jobs bank will be placed on layoff and must apply for unemployment. Between a mixture of unemployment and company pay, they will then receive about 72% of their normal compensation, GM spokesman Tony Sapienza said. “We are confirming that as of Monday, Feb. 2, we are ending the jobs bank,” Sapienza said. “Effective Monday, anyone that’s in the jobs bank goes immediately into layoff.” The federal loans to GM and Chrysler called for the "elimination of the payment of any compensation or benefits to U.S. employees of the company or any subsidiary who have been fired, laid-off, furloughed, or idled, other than customary severance pay." GM indicated that with the elimination of jobs bank it believes the company is meeting that requirement. However, the automaker noted that talks are still underway. “This allows us to put a portion of our unemployment costs to the states, as most companies traditionally do,” Sapienza said. “The terms of the loan agreement say that our severance policy has to be in line with what is customary. We believe this is in line with customary severance and layoff policy. … We are continuing to work with our union partners to discuss other elements of the bridge loan and the things we still need to do.”
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