Comments on: GM battery issues slow hybrid sales

By: Curt

Curt — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:17:38 +0000

The way I see it, we owe a debt of gratitude to GM Ford and Chrysler for the P51 Mustang (GM-North American) the Sherman Tank (Ford Motor Co.) and the M1A1 Tank (Designed by Chrysler Defense). All of you (GM) corporate bashers should kneel in obeisance then you may insult.

By: si1982

si1982 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:21:44 +0000

Ford GT 40 – Good one!

I used to think that a car cover should come standard with all GM cars to hide the ugliness when it’s parked outside your house….

A bit of plastic here and a bit there and well apparently a re-badged daewoo…

Overseas GM is selling a car called “Chevrolet Matiz”! well when i think of Chevrolet it reminds me of a corvette i am not quite sure how a Matiz carries any of the Chevy characteristics …

Actually, can anyone tell me what are the supposed characteristics of a General Motor car? for e.g. when I think of Mazda I get the whole zoom-zoom and rotaries in my head; honda for its street cred, mitsubishi for its evo, subaru for its all wheel drive, toyota for sales and reliability… chrysler for sub-standard cars….

By: Ford GT40

Ford GT40 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:07:31 +0000

What do you expect when the batteries are probably made in china. $2 for a pack of 10, GM cars are so ugly they should be sold with big paper bags..

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:55:50 +0000

who makes GM’s batteries anyway?

and if they are getting duds from their supplier, wouldnt that give GM grounds to end the supply contract?

By: JW

JW — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:25:31 +0000

GM’s BAS mild hybrid system is pathetic anyway. While it’s less of a premium than Hybrid Synergy Drive, the gains in efficiency and power are low. For example, the Toyota Camry Hybrid is more powerful and more fuel efficient than the Saturn Aura Green Line.

GM’s two mode hybrid on the Chevrolet Tahoe is much better, but on the wrong vehicle if you ask me.

By: si1982

si1982 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:16:16 +0000

If as a customer I hav bad exp with a company, not unless they are an ultra unique company why would i consider going back to them?!

As some of you would know the name of a company is worth more than the products they sell… hell the products sometimes only sell/not sell due to the brand of the manufacturer.

I.e. Euro sourced Barina’s sold well, Korean Sourced Barina – not so well.

Even though Corolla is nothing fantastic, but it represents “build quality, resale value, and realiability” .. and people will keep buying them until something majorly goes wrong…

Companies need to be very careful, today’s consumer is provided with an endless amount of choice … gone are the days of the “big three” … more like “big 300″ !

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:48:39 +0000

It’s actually part of the Holden Engine Company Facility in Melbourne – where they build a range of V6 and 4 cylinder engines that they are going to [temporarily] close not the Vehicle Assembly Line in Elizabeth

BTW Commodore was the best selling car in Oz for May

By: joober

joober — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:21:01 +0000

Yes, from what I can recall, Toyota gives a 5 year warranty on the batteries.

Reckless1 – everyone is happy? no, as customer i would be unhappy because this shouldnt have happened in the first place, and customers having a bad experience once from a company usually never goes back. so this will affect both GM and their customers.

By: Lov'n It

Lov'n It — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:07:21 +0000

To all those clowns lately who have been yarping on about Holden is gonna expand it’s facilities to possibly make way for the Torana … then explain why DRIVE.com under ‘news’ has just released an article that details Holden will be closing part of it’s operations at Elizabeth which co-incidently will retrench another 500 workers… gee wiz !!

The news just keeps better and better.

By: si1982

si1982 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:58:04 +0000

Yeah easier said than done GM!

To everyone who keeps bashing Toyota for their Hybrids – for whatever reasons – now what do u say?

Never heard of a “mild” hybrid, sounds more like a “useless” hybrid!