Re: General Motors to End Hummer H1 Production

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Sat May 13 2006 - 08:28:19 PDT


At 10:39 AM -0400 5/13/06, MV wrote:
>GM - a bunch of idiots trying to make things.
>
>Their decision making ability is dismal.
>
>Example: GM Heavy truck division sold to Volvo -
>now Volvo truck - uh... have you seen just a
>couple of Volvo trucks on the road?

Volvos been doing the Military Truck thing in
Europe. Give them another 5-10 yeras, and they'll
be shooting for US contracts soon.

>
>If only these guys had a clue about how to run a
>company. Unfortunately all of the guys who
>actually grew General Motors and Ford are dead.
>Apparently now the only guys in control are bean
>counters and since they don't make beans, they
>are screwed.

We'll be down to Honda, Toyota (Seen the new FJ
Cruiser? Its METAL!!!) Volvo, S&S, Dodge, and a
few others like Volvo.

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