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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:35 PM Original message |
GM likely to retake No. 1 sales spot from Toyota |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. here... |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's no slur that they had to recall the pedal assemblies on those vehicles. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Actually |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And Toyota paid a 16.4 million dollar fine just for the fun of it. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Funny how nearly every make, and almost every model |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. At the time, the Toyota incidents were the most common and most deadly. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Virtually every insurance company with a claim, ntsb engineers, |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. You should wish that GM, Ford, and Chrysler were successful |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I do |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 11:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Chrysler was successfull until the devastation of the Benz take over. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Did you miss in LBN the legal team suing Toyota found a paper trail a few months ago? |
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Kurmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. I did, it will be interesting to see how that falls out, it not hushed up. n/m |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. A toast to 'Government Motors.' nt |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And just look at Ford. |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. +1 |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ford secured lines of credit before the fiascos... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Hasn't GM paid us back, with interest? It was a good investment? nt |
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nyy1998 (984 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. The govt still owns some shares of GM, and they're trying to unload those stocks ASAP but |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I wasn't criticizing. I think the GM recovery with help from the government was a good thing. nt |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'd like to have a volt if I could afford it... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Too late! They're sold out, and aren't even taking orders anymore. |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The Volt was only sold in a few large market cities |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. They were sold here in my city. But no, you could order the Volt online..... |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Thank you for bringing me up to date |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Bailout worked and many many many people did not lose |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. Damned socialist cars! |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. So many criticized the Obama admin for bailing out GM.. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. including a number of folks here as I recall |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Not me. In a way, I thought GM should suffer its own consequences... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Safety recalls, a typhoon and earthquake are responsible |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. GM has been in rapid recovery mode before all of those things happened. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yeah massive amounts of money can do that |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That was the point.. to loan them "massive" amounts of money so they could keep the doors open... |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Because . . . |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thats your opinion.. I believe most analysts now think GM is positioned very well for the future, |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Assuming China decides not to use it's massive infrastructure |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. China already has their own automakers. n/t |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. All it took was the worst disaster to hit Japan since WWII |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. Awesome! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. I find the hatred for an A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N car maker noteworthy |
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