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Automotive News & Views Do You Favor A Government Loan To The Detroit 3?
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Replying to: lemko (Dec 14, 2008 2:36 pm) Lem, it is funny that you have all these images of who drives a CamCord, and BMW. My impression of a Buick driver is obviously 60+, usually can't see over the steering wheel, drives about 10 to 20 miles below the speed limit, comes to a full stop before entering a highway on an entrance ramp. Probably has tea and melba toast at 2 p.m. Spends most of his day in a bathrobe and slippers. Likes his car to be the same comfort as his living room couch. Thinks the easier the steering wheel moves the better the steering. Thinks the more metal he can buy for his money the better the value of the car. If he is younger than 60 he bought the car at least one year old as a resale because he'll get it for half price. Probably prefers a bench seat in the front .......lots of room to fit Yup, nothing like driving down the highway in your livingroom.
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Replying to: gagrice (Dec 13, 2008 9:42 pm) Can you imagine the quality gap between the craftsmen of pianos then compared to the UAW today??? |
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Replying to: dieselone (Dec 14, 2008 2:58 pm) That is why we see so many retired Navy guys driving Buicks and Caddys. It reminds them of life on the ocean. Floating over those big waves. I have to agree, it is better to ride in than drive. I like to feel the road more than is possible in a GM car.
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Hi all: ---------------------------Give each adult a voucher of $10,000.00 to purchase a NEW American vehicle from either GM, Chrysler or Ford. These "vouchers" would have NO "cash value" outside of a vehicle purchase, and could only be used during a NEW vehicle purchase. ----(No used vehicles.) ---- This action would stimulate the economy from the bottom up, and get the American vehicle manufacturers a larger percentage of the "market share!" ----- It would take customers from Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia. Best regards. ---------- Dwayne   
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Replying to: djm2 (Dec 15, 2008 4:26 am) Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Giving away a mousetrap that consumers aren't buying in the numbers you want doesn't do anything to improve the perception of that product in the eyes of consumers. |
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Replying to: euphonium (Dec 13, 2008 11:32 am) As you noted such a 50% discount on new vehicles would destroy the value of the USED car market....including all the used cars that are currently being driven by these potential buyers. If you've had your vehicle 2-3 years and like most owners you are not quite breakeven vs the loan balance if you reduce the value of what you're driving by $5000 - $10000 then you'll never qualify for another loan until the current one is paid in full. Sell a brand spanking new Fusion for $12000??? That means that a 2006 with about 50K on the clock will be worth about $5000 yet your loan on it would still be ~ $12000+. The typical buyer, the one who's being excluded from the market today is not well off. They don't have positive equity. They don't have any cashdown. They don't have great credit histories. This is the bread and butter buyer who buys every 2-4 years and the one that that the finance companies are currently discouraging from buying again. Adding a worsend trade velue to the equation and that effectively excludes them for another 3-4 years.
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Dec 15, 2008 5:27 am) Hi all: ---------------------------Give each adult a voucher of $10,000.00 to purchase a NEW American vehicle from either GM, Chrysler or Ford. These "vouchers" would have NO "cash value" outside of a vehicle purchase, and could only be used during a NEW vehicle purchase. ----(No used vehicles.) ---- This action would stimulate the economy from the bottom up, and get the American vehicle manufacturers a larger percentage of the "market share!" That might be better than giving loans to D3. Move some metal and keep the plants going. I won't be buying one but I'd rather have my tax dollars go that way than just go into a sink hole, at least some of that rusting metal will move and workers will build more. |
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Replying to: djm2 (Dec 15, 2008 4:26 am) So many holes in this that it resembles a piece of Gruyere cheese. Where is the incentive for the Detroit 2.5 to improve their offering ? How do you address the used values mentioned elsewhere ? So you try and cripple Honda, Toyota etc by blatant protectionism of the D2.5 guys..............so what happens to those Americans employed at their USA plants & suppliers and the communities that depend on their spend and tax Dollars ?  I'd like to say the idea is half-baked but that would be massively overstating its worth. Just an observation from the small island anchored off Europe.
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