02-03-2009, 05:42 PM | #1 | |
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GM January Sales Down 48.8%...
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The competition... Ford: -40.2% Chrysler: -54.8% Toyota: -31.7% Honda: -27.9% Nissan: -29.7%
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02-03-2009, 06:05 PM | #2 | |
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02-03-2009, 06:11 PM | #3 |
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OK. According to the article, used car sales are up. So the solution is simple. Start building used cars. I know, I know.
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02-03-2009, 06:15 PM | #4 |
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Hmm Don't you think things will pick up a little starting, say around the last of March???
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02-03-2009, 06:16 PM | #5 |
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^ Very funny, but seriously used car sales are up because they cost less....so the solution would be to reduce price of new vehicles across the board. If that is not possible, then the automakers need to find a product with less overhead.
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02-03-2009, 06:17 PM | #6 |
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your an idiot lmao
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02-03-2009, 06:44 PM | #7 |
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I wonder how much it will show a sale increase once the camaro starts coming out to us.
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02-03-2009, 08:08 PM | #8 |
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Well, Dodge is offering incentives, Employee Pricing, and 0.0% financing. My wife is getting a Charger this weekend. I will consider it a warm up event for the Camaro purchase.
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02-03-2009, 08:35 PM | #9 |
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used cars are not up. Certified maybe but it only said one percent right? thats nothing that just means for what ever reason they were bad this time last year.
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02-04-2009, 09:18 PM | #10 |
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80% drop in fleet sales? Wow. I thought that sales were supposed to be up early in January?
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02-04-2009, 10:32 PM | #11 |
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GM and Ford have been drastically cutting fleet sales. That might be a part of it.
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02-05-2009, 12:46 AM | #12 |
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lol, made me laugh for a while
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02-05-2009, 11:22 AM | #13 |
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no the only reason the fleets are down is because all the rentals are slashing their budgets and not buying cars.
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02-05-2009, 10:26 PM | #14 | |
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I'm gonna side with Kyle on this. GM would be out of their minds to do anything to reduce any of their sales right now. Sure they'd prefer to sell Impalas and Cobalts to the averge buyer but they won't be turning away the rental companies when they are on the brink of bankruptcy.
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