shelbymotorsports Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Wow nothing but bad news all week for GM. First the GM-Ebay partnership goes bust. Millions of dollars in California advertising brings in fewer than 100 car sales. One person claims he bid and won six Pontaics and each time the dealer reneged on the deal saying they would not sell at that price. Now Penske backs out of purchasing Saturn so GM says shut her down. Another orphan brand from GM. Then today GM announces another 2,400 dealerships will be closed in the coming year. And some of you still say there will be a Z28 Camaro Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeinAZ Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I think there will be. Affordable is another question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Bwaaahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeinAZ Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 4578 - is that a yes or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpodner Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 The ebay thing really asses me off! A couple times while searching ebay motors I have clicked the "make" pull-down and the only brands that show are GMs, WTF over? You can still back door your search but you have to search all then select the brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 What do you expect? The Government is running GM now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hawkins Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 The ebay thing really asses me off! A couple times while searching ebay motors I have clicked the "make" pull-down and the only brands that show are GMs, WTF over? You can still back door your search but you have to search all then select the brand. That was happening to me to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WP64 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Maybe I'm being simplistic, but Government Motors is doomed IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubbsFaris Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Well, a GM shutdown would be bad for all of us....if Ford has no one to compete with in the muscle car arena, we may not get bigger, faster, better in the future.... Hell, Ford never did address a Corvette competitor, as they seem complacent with the Mustang and Pickup trucks. No more Excursion, no more taurus until this year, no more GT(supercar). What does that mean for us? I dont want to drive a Focus/Prius/Fiesta along with 300 million other americans a decade from now... But leave it to GM- they do this to themselves: H2 Hummer concept in 2000- awesome, and I would have been first in line...went to production and they ruined it. Chevy Camaro concept in 2007- awesome and I already was in talks to line up one of those....then I saw the production photos...ruined. I have promised my wife for over a year the chevy Volt....concept was just perfect looking....just saw production video of the car, and it looks like a prius screwed a cavalier....Im done with GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hawkins Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Maybe it is just time to down size........... Stop competing with other makes, produce a few good Looking BASIC Vehicles that perform. You don't need to produce 15 different Trucks and 20 different SUV/Crossovers. Get back to basics and start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Wow nothing but bad news all week for GM. First the GM-Ebay partnership goes bust. Millions of dollars in California advertising brings in fewer than 100 car sales. One person claims he bid and won six Pontaics and each time the dealer reneged on the deal saying they would not sell at that price. Now Penske backs out of purchasing Saturn so GM says shut her down. Another orphan brand from GM. Then today GM announces another 2,400 dealerships will be closed in the coming year. And some of you still say there will be a Z28 Camaro Steve Even worse news... BUSINESS: General Motors U.S. September Sales Drop 45%. General Motors U.S. September Sales Drop... http://tinyurl.com/ydcrplt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormeaston Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 let'em tank!!! :car: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank S Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 I heard that the eBaY GM thing didn't directly sell a lot of cars, but a serious number of contemporary buyers said they started on eBaY and finished buying at a local dealer. Seems to me they said the new car push was ended, but used cars will continue. I have owned and -- of course -- liked a few GM cars, but that was in simpler days, when it didn't take a computer science degree to understand their workings, and the designers eyes were based in human perception, not comic books. Be a shame if GM founders. Heck of a drag on the society, even more than now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Well, a GM shutdown would be bad for all of us....if Ford has no one to compete with in the muscle car arena, we may not get bigger, faster, better in the future.... Hell, Ford never did address a Corvette competitor, as they seem complacent with the Mustang and Pickup trucks. No more Excursion, no more taurus until this year, no more GT(supercar). What does that mean for us? I dont want to drive a Focus/Prius/Fiesta along with 300 million other americans a decade from now... But leave it to GM- they do this to themselves: H2 Hummer concept in 2000- awesome, and I would have been first in line...went to production and they ruined it. Chevy Camaro concept in 2007- awesome and I already was in talks to line up one of those....then I saw the production photos...ruined. I have promised my wife for over a year the chevy Volt....concept was just perfect looking....just saw production video of the car, and it looks like a prius screwed a cavalier....Im done with GM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slabo Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 The ebay thing really asses me off! A couple times while searching ebay motors I have clicked the "make" pull-down and the only brands that show are GMs, WTF over? You can still back door your search but you have to search all then select the brand. Ok, thats a new term to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 4578 - is that a yes or no? Huh, yes or no? Did not see any questions. Please elaborate. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 F'em and feed em fish heads. Better yet feed them the whole fish. When they finally do tank, it will just mean more market share for ford. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeinAZ Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Huh, yes or no? Did not see any questions. Please elaborate. Chris The post first post stated there would not be a Z28. Just wondered if you agreed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR40Freak Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 I'm soooo glad that we dumped all that money into GM to "save" them. What a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 As I said in the beginning, it's a real mistake not to let the free markets take their course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 The post first post stated there would not be a Z28. Just wondered if you agreed? I could really care less if it gets released or not, I am also one of the people that wished we would have let them flop in the begining. The way I feel about it is this: If my business was in trouble, the govt. would wave me goodbye and never look twice. Also, IMHO the gov't has no business in our personal lives or our industries. Plus its a chevy, yuk. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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