US Bailout Funny.... sort of

[TadKa]

[FlipXW]

[Peuty]

Makes sense to me!

[BIGJB]

Gold!

[MaTTe]

Thats was worth every cent of that $25bil.. ahahaha

[FPV8U]

Classic!

[BLDNUT01]

maybe we should make 1 for the australian market

[chevypower]

sorry to turn this in to more of a serious discussion. If they don't do it, they will end up like the, (what once was good), British car industry. Now shared by the Indians and Germans (Jag, Land Rover and Rolls Royce). Kinda non-existent. Now Tata are seeking a UK bailout, BMW and Mercedes are down... Toyota and Nissan are down 30-40% so pretty much everyone is screwed at the moment. So, I don't know who is thriving out there right now.

[irlewy86]

Originally Posted by chevypower

sorry to turn this in to more of a serious discussion. If they don't do it, they will end up like the, (what once was good), British car industry. Now shared by the Indians and Germans (Jag, Land Rover and Rolls Royce). Kinda non-existent. Now Tata are seeking a UK bailout, BMW and Mercedes are down... Toyota and Nissan are down 30-40% so pretty much everyone is screwed at the moment. So, I don't know who is thriving out there right now.

Porsche is apperantly, dunno how though they've had one of the biggest downturns in sales but were still able to buyout VW.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by irlewy86

Porsche is apperantly, dunno how though they've had one of the biggest downturns in sales but were still able to buyout VW.

Audi is also apparently doing well.

[sbcb]

The world wide economic collapse was worth it for that joke alone, classic.

[Iggypoppin']

cant see the future looking too good for these car manufacturers....
it might have been covered, but is holden likely to suffer because of the GM links?
by the way, love holdens ad: "times are tough..holdens, and australians, are tougher." holden isnt really australian anymore, is it?...think "chevvie V8s in SS's".
and ford, if theres trouble for them over there, are we messed over here?

[chevypower]

Originally Posted by SLWXR6

cant see the future looking too good for these car manufacturers....
it might have been covered, but is holden likely to suffer because of the GM links?
by the way, love holdens ad: "times are tough..holdens, and australians, are tougher." holden isnt really australian anymore, is it?...think "chevvie V8s in SS's".
and ford, if theres trouble for them over there, are we messed over here?

There isn't really a "Chevy" V8 anymore. The GM engines are already globalized under "GM Powertrain."

[vztrt]

Aww thats a killer of an ad...

[Bent8]

Originally Posted by TadKa

Agreed their car's are not exactly world-class, but the joke's on the "BIG 3" in the end...because the average American worker is the backbone of these corporation's and when the time come's where it take's a wheel-barrow full of greenbacks to buy a loaf of bread, thing's will get ugly very very fast!

You'll notice they hesitate to hand out $25 billion for the automakers but the current "bailout" for the finance sector is now over $6 trillion!!

We are witnessing DAYLIGHT ROBBERY !!

[Buzz Box]

Pure Gold

[uranium_death]

Great post.
I am glad that Ford Australia has produced a great car in the FG though. People have to take notice eventually.

I saw many Camrys today and when I look at them, especially the front, I wonder, 'why?'.

That plastic grill shouts "cheap" and the body is a box with a rounded roof. Terrible. Yet people buy them.

[bloggs24]

instead giving them 25 billion dollars, why doesnt the government buy 25 billion dollars worth of cars from them, and maybe give them back to the tax payers?

[Jack91]

Originally Posted by bloggs24

instead giving them 25 billion dollars, why doesnt the government buy 25 billion dollars worth of cars from them, and maybe give them back to the tax payers?

That sounds like a good idea, but I would have thought that "the big 3" have to pay this money back or give it back in the form of shares and the like.

[vztrt]

Originally Posted by 93_eb_fairmont

That sounds like a good idea, but I would have thought that "the big 3" have to pay this money back or give it back in the form of shares and the like.

It is, its for them to get loans. Not a handout like here in Oz.

[SM1DY]

Isn't the whole VW family doing all right

[Buzz Box]

Suzuki's sales well in Australia have actually INCREASED because they have a small car focus and thats the only segment thats stable and god forbid even growing.....

[SB076]

Originally Posted by Buzz Box

Suzuki's sales well in Australia have actually INCREASED because they have a small car focus and thats the only segment thats stable and god forbid even growing.....

I would suggest that has more to do with Suzuki dveloping a presense in Oz (where were Suzuki 10 years ago)

[burnz]

Originally Posted by SB076

I would suggest that has more to do with Suzuki dveloping a presense in Oz (where were Suzuki 10 years ago)

ten year's ago they were sold as holden barina/swift

bike's and boat's i would suspect as suzuki main income.

[axeray]

This is a classic.

I laughed harder when someone quoted the image and I read it again

[Iggypoppin']

I didn't know that about the chevrolet/gm motor. But I ask , if Holden had always been sole owned and not purchased by gm, would Holden have done as well with their v8 range? Would the 5litre have continued? Gm support them quite a bit don't they?

[Gobes32]

Originally Posted by SLWXR6

I didn't know that about the chevrolet/gm motor. But I ask , if Holden had always been sole owned and not purchased by gm, would Holden have done as well with their v8 range? Would the 5litre have continued? Gm support them quite a bit don't they?

A bit off topic but I always thought the aussie 5 litre is a better motor, it's not as fast as the LS motors but it's a good, honest motor that will serve you well and does not require too much maintenance.

[Iggypoppin']

Originally Posted by Gobes32

A bit off topic but I always thought the aussie 5 litre is a better motor, it's not as fast as the LS motors but it's a good, honest motor that will serve you well and does not require too much maintenance.

It was, and still is, a fantastic motor.

[Luke3000]

Oh well, why not lighten up the situation.

[Fireblade]

Yeah the 5L was a good strong motor but in unstroked form it had nothing on the little windsors