GM Sales Down 45%

[Zander]

In Washington State they are all ready breaking ground to build sites to recharge electric cars... unfortionately Nissan is the company that is coming out with an all electric car next year.... American car companies have some catching up to do.....

We already have an all electric car manufactured in the USA -google Tesla.

The Tesla Roadster costs $109,000. It's not mass-marketable.

As it is, the Nissan Leaf, which will be released in 2010, is all-electric and will cost an affordable $25,000. The Volt, by contrast, will cost $40,000. Also note, the Leaf can travel up to 100 miles on one charge, vs. the Volt's 40 miles.

I didn't say the Tesla was affordable!! But it is made in the USA, is very fast and has a range of over 200 miles. I see a massive FAIL for any electric car with less than a 200 mile range.

 

[Yukon]

The ZEN is electric, is made in Canada and sells for a little under 17K:

Quebec electric-car sales boom

 

[Zander]

The ZEN is electric, is made in Canada and sells for a little under 17K:

Quebec electric-car sales boom

The Zenn is a flop that goes 25 mph and has a 40 mile range. Personally I'd rather a moped!

They are no longer making the car.

In September 2009 CEO Ian Clifford announced that ZENN was ceasing car production to concentrate on selling its drive-train technology to other manufacturers. The company confirmed it will launch its 2010 model and did not state when production would end. The company had only sold a total of 500 vehicles and cited slow sales as a reason for the decision

CBC News - Money - Zenn to cease electric car production

 

[rightwinger]

Kausfiles : Rattner's Legacy: The Chooch Is At the Door

GM's sales are down 45% from last September (when sales were already bad enough to drive the company into banrkuptcy). Chrysler is down 42%. Ford is only down 5%. Car buyers are clearly punishing the two bailout recipients brutally. Robert Farago of Truth About Cars predicts that GM and Chrysler will both "go down by the end of next year" without a second, new federal bailout. The only question, he says, is whether the two bailed out manufacturers will need the cash before the 2010 midterm elections.

More proof that the Government fails at running industries. And the Government wants to run our healthcare, too?

Pathetic.

Are you really claiming it was the government that is causing GM to struggle? Did you expect a turnaround in 5 months?

 

[Intense]

Kausfiles : Rattner's Legacy: The Chooch Is At the Door

GM's sales are down 45% from last September (when sales were already bad enough to drive the company into banrkuptcy). Chrysler is down 42%. Ford is only down 5%. Car buyers are clearly punishing the two bailout recipients brutally. Robert Farago of Truth About Cars predicts that GM and Chrysler will both "go down by the end of next year" without a second, new federal bailout. The only question, he says, is whether the two bailed out manufacturers will need the cash before the 2010 midterm elections.

More proof that the Government fails at running industries. And the Government wants to run our healthcare, too?

Pathetic.

Are you really claiming it was the government that is causing GM to struggle? Did you expect a turnaround in 5 months?

I blame Government Hands down. Government mandates, Unions, Rolling Coffins that they are putting out now. Damn Right!!!.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

All the Clunkers program did was delay the inevitable, and put more people in debt of course. Now GM and Chrysler will be around to be a drain on our economy even longer. The Clunkers program didn't fix any of the underlying problems with these companies.

 

[Oddball]

I'm wondering where all the loons are, who were so steadfast in claiming the clunker program as a huge success.

 

[Neubarth]

Government doesn't fail. It is the people who have bought cheap foreign imports that have failed.

If sheer stupidity and ignorance were electricity, the world need never burn another lump of coal.

Yep, if we forcefully annexed Mexico, our illegal immigration problem would be minimal and All those Ford Trucks would be Made In America. Hooray. We could kill two birds with one stone.

 

[eagleseven]

Did you expect a turnaround in 5 months?

No, because GM is a failure. GM should have died a natural death, as failed companies do.

Now it is undead, sucking life from the rest of the economy, nothing more than a glorified welfare program for the UAW. It has become yet another example of the failures of socialism.