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New GM won’t pay the old GM’s bills

Greg — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:41:49 +0000

On top of all the other news about GM and its bankruptcy, its new labor negotiations, its suppliers going bankrupt – there is a new problem.

They aren’t going to pay Rick Wagoner his full retirement pay. What kind of thanks is that to the man that ran them into the ground? Fritz just don’t play nice….

Do you think that poor Rick “my millions of shares are worthless” Wagoner should get the shaft like this? Post your comments below

GM dealers running out of trucks

Greg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:59:35 +0000

Since we all know that the whole US population only wants to buy Toyota Priuses, why has General Motors now run out of trucks? This is kinda weird folks. The exact vehicle that our fearless leaders claim that nobody wants are now hard to get. My head spins in confusion.

But it shouldn’t, and here is why -

You can’t fit the average family with 2.3 kids and all their gear into a Prius
If you are fortunate enough to have three children that need to be in carseats then you need a three row vehicle (minivan or SUV) or a full size truck just to get the seats to fit, let alone any crap
Gas is cheap again and the buying public has the memory of a goldfish. They have already forgotten that prices will go back up
GM is so competent that they just went bankrupt. Enough said.
Trucks are cool in a way that a little compact car will never be….

So I am sure I could have taken those little points and made a book out of it, but I am lazy. Why not tell me how lazy I am in the comment form below?

General Motors es arruinado apenas como la otra compañía de coche, regate.

Greg — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:47:04 +0000

The heading above is a little bit of fun I have had with the various translation tools available on the internet. The sentence started as “General Motors is bankrupt just like the other car company, Dodge. ” With the magic of the internets and auto bots, when we translate that back to Engrish we get “General motor is messed up just as the other company car, dribbling.”

Things like this make me laugh. Out loud even. No wonder the planet has such a hard time getting along….. nobody understands what the other is saying.

GM Bankruptcy not very impressive in the grand scheme of things

Greg — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:40:22 +0000

Imagine if all the bankruptcies were depicted as sinking ships and GM was one of them. How would it appear? The Titanic? A rowboat? Something in between like a 40 foot daycruiser? Why the boat analogy anyway, since they made cars?

The people at GOOD made a nice graphic that shows the joy of a sinking company in bright colors and size-relevant layount. See it here

One of the people commenting on the graphic wanted to know why the company hadn’t saved any money in the last 100 years – thus showing a complete lack of understanding of business. Ah, public education isn’t what it was once imagined to be.

GM to kill Kodiak division

Greg — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:56:10 +0000

After a four year search, apparently nobody wanted to buy the Medium Truck division. More here http://carczarconsulting.com/06/08/gm-scraps-medium-duty-trucks-gmgovernment-fail-to-find-buyer-after-4-year-search/