Hot News: More Trouble for Ford and GM

How is this more trouble? GM and Ford are BOTH taking strides to reduce inventory on slower selling vehicles. Not only that but Ford is talking about its soon to be imported subcompact and adding shifts to its Focus plant to increase production.

Lets get the headline right next time instead of trying to be sensational guys.

— 91z4me (View Profile)

Posted on 6/21/2008 10:31:37 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Hot News......wow people are really hoping these companies fail.....what benefit would that to be any of us for two large companies like Ford Gm to fail

— bmwdrvr (View Profile)

Posted on 6/21/2008 10:33:20 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Since the the trucks and SUV's were the largest profit makers for these companies, this isn't good news. At least they are adjust to the market, but they are slow.

— ym73 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/21/2008 10:51:58 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

First of all, there is no shortage of oil. We just have to thank the american oil cartel for raising/speculating oil price into unrealistic level.

Their greed are killing the US and consequently the world economy. This is going to be the worst ever economic downturn. brace yourselves gents. Start selling of all your V12, V10 and V8's.

Start walking

— mwrmmg (View Profile)

Posted on 6/21/2008 11:42:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Sometimes the bridge has to be out before one realizes that taking the Ferry works too.

The moves they are making are the ones the mainstream press and most customers have been saying they should do for years. Bring more of the European cars here already.

For years the automakers have said "poo poo, that wont work. Americans want more Excursions. Not fine small cars".

Mini Coopers are selling like wildfire even though they command a pretty penny. I guess all small cars don't have to be cheap shidboxes after all.

— SteedPub (View Profile)

Posted on 6/21/2008 2:59:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I do not hope they fail but I think they deserve this. How short sighted can you be? You see the price of gas going up. Also, it irritated me they did not care about the effects of flooding the market with gas guzzling vehicles because they were so greedy with the huge mark ups on trucks converted to marked up and overpriced SUVs.

— tkindred (View Profile)

Posted on 6/22/2008 12:36:40 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

If you were selling eggs , would you limit them to two eggs per person becuse they can raise your choelesterol? No , because egg farmers are trying to sell eggs , the more the better. Same thing goes with selling trucks and SUV's . Why did Toyota bet the farm that on the new Tundra? More profitable than selling Corrolas.

— toolatetorace (View Profile)

Posted on 6/22/2008 1:17:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Ford hybrids ! or should that be a Toyota Hybrid ? I could be wrong, but isn't the system on Ford from Toyota ?

— mpls (View Profile)

Posted on 6/23/2008 5:07:54 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

the domestics already have chassis designs that can handle the HD market. they may have to adjust the drivetrains. toyota is going to have to come up with a new chassis and drivtrain in a shrinking market.

— olscuul (View Profile)

Posted on 6/23/2008 8:52:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1