LMFAO!!!!! Yeah, the Camry is boring compared to the Fusion...
Michigan ping.
Yeah, right. With the union in control? And the big concessions, dental for retirees? T must be quaking in their boots.
LMFAO!!!!! Yeah, the Camry is boring compared to the Fusion...
I believe the term for this article is “irrational exuberance”. The truth is that Toyota has had an issue for decades with patriotic Americans who wanted to buy American even if the American product wasn’t as good (by whatever standards the buyer cared about) as the Toyota. That issue is gone. Forever. Toyota is now in a much stronger competitive position. Toyota’s real problem is that Americans are going to be cautious about all big ticket purchases, not that the “new” GM is going to excite either liberals who love their foreign cars or conservatives who despise socialism.
I could have paid cash for it (like I do for all my rides) but for no interest and using 75 cent dollars to pay them back... I'm good.
Michigan can f#ck themselves as well as all the thugocrats and boot lickers in the UAW. Enjoy the scraps from the master's tables.
Bad Management...check
Unions...check
Govt. involvement(enviro-car mandates)...check
Strong competition...check
Yeah, I bet Toyota and Honda are quaking in their boots today.
As long as taxes—>government—>GM—>UAW—>Democrats, the premise behind this article will fail.
I think what the author has missed is that Toyota/Honda quality is higher than the competition. They have return buyers for cars essentially made in the US by Americans. In a Fiat an American car?? Would you by a car from the ChiComs?
I guess time will tell the tale.
Thats what happens when the communists take over don't you know!
All I remember is the “K” car Chrysler put out years ago...
Practically a snot box on wheels...Thats all it was good for...
And we are headed back in that direction at full speed...
I don’t know who this guy Elias is, but is he on crack?
Could this guy be any dumber?
What has Elias been smoking?
He’s buying the Obama spin.
Ford may well compete with Honda and Toyota. However, the author makes a HUGE assumption here; that GM and Chrysler will compete using only the tools of capitalism. Being government owned, they may also choose to compete using the tax code, legal code, etc.
How does Ford sit down with it’s labor force, which owns competition, and get a fair deal?
As a former internal combustion powered, personal transportation vehicle sales consultant, I can smell auto press BS from across the room. I can’t wait to see the Government Motors designed Corvette.
I don’t agree with this analysis. I’ll consider buying a Ford, but I will never buy another GM car, out of principle.
Toyota (and Honda) have a lot of good will built up, for the good quality cars they have been producing. It will not be an easy matter for GM to take their customers away.
Jeannine
There’s zero change I’ll buy a GM or Chrysler car in the next ten years, and probably ever.
who are they kidding.... Toyota, BMW, Honda, KIA, and others are celebrating. They know the US governments adventure will fail.
Toyota and Honda have been totally QUIET on the issue, but I imagine that they are NOT afraid of a company run by the UAW and the US Government.
What they ARE afraid of is the Gov’ts next logical steps to help GM/Chrysler - limits on imports, forced unionization of Toyota/Honda US plants, political interference of all kinds.