Autoextremist - On the Table

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Originally Posted by Klaus

This is GM?s lack of visionary thinking at its finest. Launch a brand, nurture a brand and then bail at the first opportunity. I agree.

And wasn?t it not too long ago that GM made its dealers invest huge amounts of money into the Hummer corporate ?Quonset hut? look for its dealerships across the country? And now, with the first signs of trouble, GM is actually floating out the idea that they might just walk away from the brand entirely? What a bunch of unmitigated bull****. If I were a Hummer dealer who had just spent millions upgrading my dealership on GM?s suggestion, only to find that these jokers were considering pulling the plug on the brand instead of making it right for these fuel-conscious times, then apoplectic wouldn?t even begin to cover my seething disgust. I wonder what the Board of Directors thought would happen when they ticked off all their retailers? As a matter of fact, you can bet that there are Hummer dealers around the country preparing their lawsuits as you read this. If GM lets Hummer go, or runs it into the ground, or whatever ugly scenario they undertake, yes, a lot of green-tinged zealots out there will be pleased. But if GM had been smarter and had adapted the brand to a fuel-conscious future, it could have had a place in the automotive spectrum around the world as the off-road capable vehicle to have when needed. Not good. - PMD

I was listening to FOX news yesterday and the Woman commentator said, "it only gets 6 miles to the gallon doesn't it?"
Can you believe that? I was so mad at her I screwed up my daughters peanut butter and jelly sandwich!