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GM Dealers Say Low Demand, Not Lack of Supply Explain Poor Truck Sales
NLPC ^ | October 28, 2013 | Mar Modica

Posted on 10/28/2013 11:27:01 AM PDT by jazusamo

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To: oldbill

Didn’t Ford do the same thing with the small size Ranger?


21 posted on 10/28/2013 11:40:55 AM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: muir_redwoods
I will never buy a GM or Chrysler product again. Never. Ever.

Same here.

22 posted on 10/28/2013 11:43:19 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (I'm not a gynecologist, but I'll take a look.)
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To: jazusamo
GM Dealers Say Low Demand, Not Lack of Supply Explain Poor Truck Sales

Yeah, maybe your manufacturer should have taken bankruptcy instead of letting zero screw the investors AND the taxpayers! And, maybe zero shouldn't have tried turning GM into VW like Hitler did. And, maybe GM should have paid back ALL of the money they got from the taxpayers instead of going on TV and lying about how they paid it all back.

Payback's a biatch!!

23 posted on 10/28/2013 11:43:45 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Congress - another name for the American politburo!!)
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To: Doogle

Eggsaklee!!!!!


24 posted on 10/28/2013 11:43:46 AM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: jazusamo

Simple:
The price of a popular Silverado model — a four-wheel-drive crew cab with a 5.3-liter engine in the All Star package — is $43,005 after factoring in incentives, GM says, while the comparable 2013 F-150 model, a 4wd XLT Super Crew with an EcoBoost engine, is $40,385 after incentives.


25 posted on 10/28/2013 11:44:08 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE ("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
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To: oldbill

Bought a used 1987 chevy S-10 back in 1992, ran so well I bought a gmc sierra to replace it with. Was about to buy another gm product until jug ears got involved with em. Wife had a pontiac and has a 2003 gmc suv now. I probably wont ever buy another gm product because they got in bed with zero. Too many other choices out there.


26 posted on 10/28/2013 11:44:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: DustyMoment

Amen to that.


27 posted on 10/28/2013 11:45:15 AM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: DCBryan1
I am currently driving my third Toyota Tacoma.

If I was going to buy a full size truck, I would definitely buy a Tundra.

28 posted on 10/28/2013 11:46:22 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Had a ‘99 Ford Ranger with over 170,000 miles. Still ran pretty good. Got rid of it and looking for a 2002- 2005 Ford Escape. Bit of a rough ride, but does what I need and a very fair price. I’m not big on car payments even if I can afford it.


29 posted on 10/28/2013 11:47:07 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: jazusamo

Sorry, gubmit motors...you built excrement, and then joined purveyers of excrement when you accepted gubmit money.

FUGM.

Take your trucks, cars, and stocks and shove ‘em up your smelly collective Obamaholes.


30 posted on 10/28/2013 11:49:00 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: jazusamo

GM could offer them at half price and I would not consider even stopping by to look.


31 posted on 10/28/2013 11:51:21 AM PDT by jps098
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To: Doogle

4 years ago, got rid of the GMC and bought an f-150

GM can go under.


32 posted on 10/28/2013 11:55:39 AM PDT by ZX12R (Never forget the heroes of Benghazi, who were abandoned to their deaths by Obama)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Gee GM is using the Obamacare excuse. It’s a good product that everyone wants, you just can’t access it.


33 posted on 10/28/2013 11:56:26 AM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: oldbill

Yep, the worst business decision GM ever made was ending its S-10 line. I have a 2002 S-10 pick-up truck with over 200,000 miles on its, and will hold on to it until its falls apart from rust sometime in the distant future.


34 posted on 10/28/2013 11:57:18 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Phillyred

Yeah, but get rid of the UAW and you don’t go bankrupt.


35 posted on 10/28/2013 12:01:50 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: jazusamo

I come from a family that always bought GM.

Aside from the fact that the “family brand”, Pontiac, no longer exists, our 00 Sierra was and is the last GM vehicle I’ll own. I’ll keep it running for as long as I can or until the typical GM rust consumes it.

I recently bought a used Ranger. An 87. Emission testing excempt. Nice little truck, far lest rust than the Sierra, still pretty simple to work on despite the EFI and 4x4. Manual everything. I expect it will outlast the Sierra even though it has 13 more years on it.


36 posted on 10/28/2013 12:16:05 PM PDT by chrisser (Senseless legislation does nothing to solve senseless violence.)
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To: jazusamo

I bought my first new vehicle in 1976 (I was 23). It was an F150 4x4 with the V8 and a four speed tranny, had the dealer put on white spoke wheels with big meats and the price was around $6500. Price have risen slightly over the years.


37 posted on 10/28/2013 12:22:01 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Joe McCarthy was right.)
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To: jazusamo
I just don't get why GM has to continue to play its politically dishonest approach to all challenges it faces.

Because it's a political entity and politics are inherently dishonest?

38 posted on 10/28/2013 12:26:21 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: isthisnickcool

I’m an electrician in the oil patch. We use 3/4 or 1 ton trucks, usually diesel. Sadly, Toyota doesn’t make a 1 ton truck. Ford diesel can’t compare to the duramax. Cummings is good, but the trucks ride like rocks and have a weak transmission. So if you want a better ride with a good engine, you wind up with Gmc or Chevy.


39 posted on 10/28/2013 12:27:22 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: oldbill

The small truck line is dead, killed by CAFE standards.

The last holdout the Ford Ranger is no longer for sale either.


40 posted on 10/28/2013 12:31:49 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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