On Dec 10, 6:53*pm, me <noem...@nothere.com> wrote:
> For all you GM defenders who refuse to admit that GM screwed
> themselves by refusing to recognize vehicle trends and build less
> SUV's and trucks and invest in other production; by building low
> quality cars; by building cars no one wants; and by generally
> mismanaging the company - here is it from the horse's mouth (or more
> accurately, horse's ass in the case of GM):
>




Sad, sick, and disgusting.



Bad enough having to defend GM from the likes of you, now, we have to
defend them from the top-brass of GM, as well.



"Vehicle trends"??????????


THF is that?????



The only "trend" is that EVERYONE, INCLUDING TOYOTA and HONDA are
building LARGER vehicles.


And they are the ones that SELLS!!!!!!!!!!!



Quickly now, tell me, outside of the tax-credited supported Prius, how
many cars does Toyota sell that are more fuel-effecient than American
nameplates??????



What are some of their most popular vechicles????


Camry?????


Does it get better gas mileagle than similar American nameplates?????


Of course not, in many cases it gets worse gas mileage.


Is it more reliable?????



Of course not!!!!


In many cases, it is LESS reliable.




Toyota has also invested BILLIONS of dollars in its full-sized pickup
truck line.


Does that sound like THEY think pick-ups are vehicles "no one wants to
buy"??????


Of course not, it is the single most PROFITABLE vehicle made on the
planet today, and they realize it.


And of course, our BIg Three, led by Congressional mandates tied into
loans they will recieve, will hand over truck sales to the Japaneses,
and they will make a fortune on the market.


All the Americans will do is lose more jobs.




As far as admitting to building "low-quality cars", they are going
against what many have been arguing about for years, that GM makes a
damned-good car.


I might believe them if I never owned a GM product, but having owned
many of them over the years, I know this is another lie.


My GM cars have not suddenly turned to junk simply because of an ad
designed to help the company beg for money.


But, I wonder about those who have never owned a GM product, but maybe
were thinking about checking into it.



Does this full-page as sound like a ringing endoresment?????



Will it help sales??????


Of course not!



But, I guess I would resort to anything lies, if my family were
starving to death.









> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081208/us_nm/us_gm_ad
>
> "... we acknowledge we have disappointed you," the ad said. "At times
> we violated your trust by letting our quality fall below industry
> standards and our designs became lackluster."
>
> The unsigned open letter, entitled "GM's Commitment to the American
> People" ran in the trade journal Automotive News, which is widely read
> by industry executives, lobbyists and other insiders.
>
> In the ad, GM admits to other strategic missteps analysts and critics
> have said hastened its recent decline.
>
> "We have proliferated our brands and dealer network to the point where
> we lost adequate focus on the core U.S. market," the ad said. "We also
> biased our product mix toward pick-up trucks and SUVs."