Fed's to make your car payments

[likwid]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

I heard yesterday that Obama and Cos plan is to eliminate some of GMs most profitable vehicles, what are they? BIG TRUCKS!! So now they'll force GM to make more cars people dont want, and how will they ensure that they are profitable?

Funny, neither GM nor Ford can move a truck right now to save their lives...

Guess they're not so profitable anymore.

[Cool Beans]

Originally Posted by likwid

Funny, neither GM nor Ford can move a truck right now to save their lives...

Guess they're not so profitable anymore.

And you "facts" come from?

I found this on Routers and on CNN. To me it looks like the #1 and #2 spots are still TRUCKS. Yes sales accross the board have fallen almost 50%, but even so they still outselling the Camry.

March 3 (Reuters) - The following are the 20 top-selling vehicles in the United States through February 2009 as reported by automakers.

Following is a list of the top-20 selling vehicles, ranked by total units.
RANK VEHICLE 2009 2008 '08 RANK % Chng
1 Ford F-Series P/U 48,851 93,673 1 -47.8
2 Chevy Silverado-C/K P/U 43,775 80,218 2 -45.4
3 Toyota Camry 41,416 66,515 3 -37.7
4 Toyota Corolla 37,341 41,938 4 -11.0
5 Honda Accord 32,557 51,588 6 -36.9
6 Nissan Altima 30,137 44,998 9 -33.0
7 Honda Civic 29,885 44,792 8 -33.3
8 Dodge Ram P/U 27,291 42,544 5 -35.9
9 Honda CR-V 25,513 31,710 11 -19.5
10 Chevrolet Malibu 20,828 27,001 26 -22.9
11 Ford Escape 18,450 25,383 17 -27.3
12 Ford Focus 17,673 27,902 15 -36.7
13 Toyota RAV4 16,432 21,274 18 -22.8
14 Ford Fusion 15,755 24,163 20 -34.8
15 Jeep Wrangler 15,450 13,225 +16.8
16 Toyota Prius 15,353 22,272 16 -31.1
17 Chevrolet Impala 14,867 42,740 7 -65.2
18 GMC Sierra P/U 14,420 28,288 12 -49.0
19 Mazda 3 13,996 14,472 -3.3
20 Chevrolet Cobalt 13,508 34,268 14 -60.6

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Originally Posted by Cool Beans

I found this on Routers and on CNN. To me it looks like the #1 and #2 spots are still TRUCKS. Yes sales accross the board have fallen almost 50%, but even so they still outselling the Camry.

Sales of trucks were stronger recently because of lower gas prices as well as HUGE incentives placed on these vehicles. That being said when you look at the top 10 on the list 7 are small cars. Doing some quick math indicates that even with the stronger sales of trucks, they were still declining 10% faster in unit sales than small to mid size vehicles.

While the margins may usually be higher on the trucks, considering the incentives required to get the number up, one would really have to wonder if those vehicles aren't nearly as profitable as they were in the past.

-spence

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Cool Beans

And you "facts" come from?

I found this on Routers and on CNN. To me it looks like the #1 and #2 spots are still TRUCKS. Yes sales accross the board have fallen almost 50%, but even so they still outselling the Camry.

I don't care about rank, its the fact that a 50% fall in sales is pathetic.

And lets notice who the 2 BIGGEST LOSERS are.
Ford
Chevy

Least sales drop? Toyota.
Jeep is kind of a conundrum. They're effing terrible on gas yet people equate "small" with "economy".

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by likwid

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Jeep is kind of a conundrum. They're effing terrible on gas yet people equate "small" with "economy".

My Liberty diesel gets 25 mpg, not as good as I would like with a 2.8l engine but much better than the gas version

[likwid]

Originally Posted by striperman36

My Liberty diesel gets 25 mpg, not as good as I would like with a 2.8l engine but much better than the gas version

They listed the Wrangler in the list, not the Liberty, but kudos to Jeep for making a diesel version of the Liberty.

25mpg isn't that great but considering its technically an SUV (I know my Wrangler got like.... 15?) thats pretty good.

[Raider Ronnie]

Mark my word
GM will eventually file for bankruptcy and doing this will void the current union contract, then they will start over !
The days of pretty unskilled assembly line workers making more than $70 per hr are over !

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

The days of pretty unskilled assembly line workers making more than $70 per hr are over !

Good. Now if we can only get rid of the idiot toll booth collectors that cost the same amount. You need less skills to work a toll booth than to work at McDonalds.