Repro Corvette Tri-Power Units

[WILMASBOYL78]

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the employee pricing just moved all of the stagnant inventory off the lots and kept people working, otherwise they would have had to shut down quite a few assembly plants and lay people off.

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I am very actively involved with the retail auto business and have many GM dealer clients. They all agree that the incentives, the rebates, the special financing,etc. have to stop! The big three aren't selling cars, they are selling "the deal". Last summer was a perfect example of how the factories truly feel about the industry..they were in complete panic mode. Your local Chevy dealer wasn't selling cars he was delivering them after GM sold them on TV. All that was accomplished with the "employee deals" was a quick pull ahead of future sales. By October most of my dealer clients were sitting around and looking out the window. America needs to sell Value, Integrity & Quality and do it without a bunch of smoke and mirrors. For the US auto industry to recover they need to resolve the union cost issues and take the "rebate" needle out of their arm! Until then, the cycle of ups and downs will just continue....

wilma

[Pantera]

The problem is that once you give a rebate and the public gets accustomed to it they will wait to buy until the dealers have to offer it because of low sales. I doubt the dealers can hold on long enough to educate the public that they are not going to offer a rebate anymore. So the tail wags the dog and the US goes down the crapper.

There is no easy definative answer to this delema. The high labor and perks of the past are killing the industries. There are so many empty buildings back in the industral areas here is it scary. Where did those companys go? Where did the workers go? one thing for sure when they go it hurts the rest that are left. I hope enough people can learn to like the golden arches as that may wind up the only place you can get a job in the future.

Scary.....


Pantera

[nuch_ss396]

Yeah,

But the Eastern Indians don't eat beef! So when they take
over all the Micky-D's too, we will be eating something
( non-beef ) with curry...... Oh, or we're all
infidels so we can poision outself to our hearts content.

Steve

[Canucklehead]

Who's to say we're eating beef now??

[nuch_ss396]

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Who's to say we're eating beef now??

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WHERE'S THE BEEF !