Text 1408, 75 rader
Skriven 2004-10-30 19:26:12 av Jack Yates (1:3613/1275)
   Kommentar till text 1281 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
Ärende: USA-bashing....again?
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 JY>> I remember when he was young and caustic; now he's old and
 JY>> caustic.

 BF> And you are still young?

Of course!  I don't see Andy out there cutting firewood, do you?


 JY>> There have been admissions that the wish they had not gotten
 JY>> involved with SAAB, and SAAB wishes that GM hadn't cheapened
 JY>> there product

 JY>> 1) By creating the US version of their car and

 BF> Made in Japan so you would still be buying Japaneese.

 JY>> 2) By attaching their name to it.

 BF> It should be a Subaru.

Indeed it is; Makes me want to go find an old 93-B and get it runnig, just to
show the locals that SAAB did, once, make a REAL car.

 JY>> They should have no regrets WRT Opel, which they've had a stake
 JY>> in for about 60 years and where have been designed several cars
 JY>> now produced for the US market.  I think, but i'm not sure, that
 JY>> the Chevrolet Lumina began life as an Opel, then also became a
 JY>> Holden in Australia.  If I need to be corrected on this, feel
 JY>> free to do so, anyone.

 BF> I can't so that's up to someonr else.
 BF> GME hasn't been profitable for years.

Who's eating their lunch?  Daimler-Benz?  VW?

 JY>> We've gone from the days when a car rusted to an unusable stae in
 JY>> 3 years to cars that last for decades, so fewer people need new
 JY>> cars, and fewer people over here can afford new cars today,
 JY>> bedamned what the Prez says about unemployment.

 BF> Then start to import Opel. They are gone in 5 years.

It would not surprise me if we were not already importing American cars from
germany.  John Deere did this with some of their tractors, and I *think* I read
that part of the chevrolet line of FWD cars were coming from Opel, or that
major components were made over there.  This may not be, though as my memory is
sometimes faulty.


 JY>> True, but those shareholders' expenditures seldom trickle down to
 JY>> my level.

 BF> They will when it effects your (eg. USA:s) economy.

GMUSA will just sell those liabilities off or close them, their sphere of
influence will become smaller and more manageable, and though their gross
revenues will drop, their profit margin will increase.

 JY>> I'll take credit for writing the following, but I stole the idea
 JY>> from someone else, don't know who.

 BF> [snip]

 JY>> And so the wheel turns, every few centuries someone else takes
 JY>> charge, and I fear that our turn is about over.

 BF> Are you the only reasonable asshole left over there?   :-(

I doubt it, but I'm the one with the pelican mouth..



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