Comments on: What should car companies do?

By: Len Dean

Len Dean — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:10:25 +0000

I am thinking of donating my used car. Do you think it’s a good idea or bad?

By: Renda

Renda — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:05:28 +0000

Does anyone know much about the new cheap car in India called the Nano? Made by TATA MOTORS. I’m thinking of investing in them. Any ideas on that?

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By: donating

donating — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:10:59 +0000

Has anyone actually done this and can provide some input?

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By: Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:48:49 +0000

We all wish the US auto makers had not made so many terrible decisions over the past 20 years, but letting them fail would be bad for the economy and far, far worse for our national security. We need to strengthen our manufacturing base, not kill it. Also, complaining that some retired workers get benefits is also unfair. Would you rather that we are all subject to the whims of corporate masters and their myopic focus on fiscal quarterly profits?

The answer is NOT more of the same from incompetent CEOs and bean counters causing destruction of lives, families and the environment. How many times will we allow these idiots to line their pockets while they destroy the economy, get a bailout from us taxpayers, then in just a few more years destroy the economy all over again. The cycle never ends.

We need to scrap the existing corporate structure and replace it with something that fits the needs of the citizens, the environment and our children’s futures.

By: Kam Leung

Kam Leung — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:19:19 +0000

Efficient manufacturing dictates that a car should cost it weight in steel, plastics, plus overhead. Instead G&A, marketing and (retiree) benefits kept inflating the price. As if that was not enough, car manufacturers get even more profits by leasing and financing. To distract the American public, add hydrogen and biodiesel. In 1982, executives at Grain Processing Corp told me they paid $1 billion in federal taxes, for turning corn to alcohol. Do you think the federal government is going to give up the alcohol tax and subsidize farmers for making biofuel? We should reward innovation, manufacturing efficiency and face reality by following the money. As for Ford bashing, I am not about to turn my trusted Ranger into an orphan. Millions of GM/Ford owners might agree.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:39:39 +0000

Personally, what they should do is go out of business. The US Taxpayer’s have contributed nearly 8 trillion dollars to bailouts for these type of companies. That’s more than all the MAJOR expenses over the past 100 years even accounting for inflation (space race, all US wars combined, NASA, etc, etc).

Let them fail, let the workers be without jobs temporarily. If GM or Ford fail, Toyota (a strong well run company) is just going to takeover their place, and the auto industry will be the better for it.

Good ridden to ill run companies.