Comments on: US carmakers pushing closer to bankruptcy

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Tue, 05 May 2009 03:38:37 +0000

Goodbye GM/Holden and good riddance. How you can make such crap cars for so long is amazing. Long live the electric car!

By: adam (aka mada)

adam (aka mada) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:40:10 +0000

Dan,

Wow…
If you believe that Rick w was responsible for the demise of GM, you need to educate yourself on how the auto manufacturing companies operate.

By: Ravith

Ravith — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:35:36 +0000

Gosh, GM Chrysler want ordinary folk’s money to fatten their dull bosses who make wrong decisions, don’t work hard, and keep on leeching public money. Why do americans need GM/Chrys ugly expensive dirty cars? Well, import jap or koreans or even some of survivor euros. That’s more economical and environment friendly.

By: BK

BK — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:05:54 +0000

Theres gonna be fords everywhere and i like it . Wheelnut aint got much to say anymore when its gonna effect holden here to. No GM = No Holden

By: Elitist

Elitist — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:39:39 +0000

But then Americans would need to drive something so they would buy more euro/jap cars thus pushing the parts market back into normal sales figures.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:18:10 +0000

Enlist,
The biggest ramification for Japanese automakers in the event of a major failure of the US auto industry would be the effect it would have on major parts suppliers like Delphi Corp, Bosch Auto Parts and TRW Automotive – suppliers which are used by the Japanese as well as the US marques. If one US car maker or more were to disappear, consumer spending in the USA would also be affected – a bad situation for any manufacturer, both domestic and foreign. And with the USA as the world’s largest automotive market, everyone is rooting for the survival of the home team – even the competition

By: Elitist

Elitist — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:09:53 +0000

If GM and Chrylser went bankrupt all it would mean is the car industry would have only competition from the Japs, Italians and Germans… Ohh boo hoo we all loose…!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:07:35 +0000

Adam, the guy’s experienced at running the company to the ground, that’s about it. The US govt has the right to dictate, given the amount of money they have splurged on them already.

By: Limited slip

Limited slip — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:04:51 +0000

Lets hope Holden will go as well. They are basically a Daewoo importer anyway………it will be best for all in the long run.

By: adam (aka mada)

adam (aka mada) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:35:13 +0000

I think it was the wrong decision to have Rick W as he fall guy.
They need as many experienced executives as possible and having the US goverment dictate who hires and fires CEO’s from private companies does nothing to solve the problem they claim needs fixing.