Guess the Sterling Bullet is done...
11-09-2008, 09:10 PM
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Aint gonna Happen!!!
Aint gonna happen...cash is king right now. I think they could wait and pick it up from GM for alot LESS. IMHO trucks sales will never come back the way they were. If you ask me, I don't see ANY auto or truck EVER come back to sales levels they once were. All the money that was lost in the recent crash wont be recovered for another 50 years!!! Unless the the psychology AND a persons bankbook can be made to come back and comeback soon, it will be impossible for ANY auto sales to resume to any level.
Right now people are going to keep the car/truck that they have for the next TEN years regardless if gas goes to 10 bucks a gallon. Smartcars are NOT what the majority of the US buyers want.
If the industry retools to Smartcars, very few will be able to afford them, very few will WANT them!!! ( especially after reports come out of on how people had fared in accidents with 4 ton diesel pickup trucks). The industry will come out with a bogus survivability report on how good they are in accidents to try and motivate sales. They will be unable to repeal the laws of PHYSICS!!!
And I am putting politics aside. Including politics makes another story!
What I want to see is a 4 ton diesel pickup truck that gets 30 mpg at 65 mph and be able to tow 14000 pounds for $10000!!! Hows that Nancy Pelosi!!!
In other word, it aint gonna happen!
Right now people are going to keep the car/truck that they have for the next TEN years regardless if gas goes to 10 bucks a gallon. Smartcars are NOT what the majority of the US buyers want.
If the industry retools to Smartcars, very few will be able to afford them, very few will WANT them!!! ( especially after reports come out of on how people had fared in accidents with 4 ton diesel pickup trucks). The industry will come out with a bogus survivability report on how good they are in accidents to try and motivate sales. They will be unable to repeal the laws of PHYSICS!!!
And I am putting politics aside. Including politics makes another story!
What I want to see is a 4 ton diesel pickup truck that gets 30 mpg at 65 mph and be able to tow 14000 pounds for $10000!!! Hows that Nancy Pelosi!!!
In other word, it aint gonna happen!
11-12-2008, 10:03 AM
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11-12-2008, 01:29 PM
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I seem to remember...
that Congress passed a law this last summer to force the auto manufacturers to build more fuel efficient cars. I dont see a run on smart cars, maybe it was CONGRESS that again caused the problem! Nobody is taklking about this. IMHO it was Congress that broke the back of the auto makers. First it was emimsions, then BS fuel economy. NOW what they are making is what people DON'T want...bad mileage in a shoe box...if they can afford it now.
, not that I'd want to drive one.
11-19-2008, 12:44 AM
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there should be no bailout for any industry in the usa by the taxpayers. i don't care what the sob stories are.
the only time one needs an excuse is when one fails and the us auto industry is one excuse after another.
the only time one needs an excuse is when one fails and the us auto industry is one excuse after another.
11-19-2008, 01:57 AM
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The auto industry asking for a bailout is like somebody going to one of those extortionist payday loan companies . They have mismanaged their money , are in unmanageable debt and are only digging a deeper hole they can't get out of .
Anyone with any sense would never cosign a loan for anyone . If they were capable of paying the loan they wouldn't need a cosigner . If the auto manufacturers don't have the assets to sell or borrow against to stay in business they just need to face the consequences .
If they were losing $2,000 on every vehicle they produced , why did they keep producing them and selling them for 0% interest and giving huge rebates ? Does anyone that gives a $6,000 rebate then says they lost $2,000 on a vehicle deserve financial assistance ?
But back to the original topic ... Sterling has stopped taking orders on the Bullet . Has anyone ordered a Dodge 4500/5500 lately ? The frames are made by Sterling . I have to wonder if they will be able to continue to make the 4500/5500 when Sterling shuts down .
Anyone with any sense would never cosign a loan for anyone . If they were capable of paying the loan they wouldn't need a cosigner . If the auto manufacturers don't have the assets to sell or borrow against to stay in business they just need to face the consequences .
If they were losing $2,000 on every vehicle they produced , why did they keep producing them and selling them for 0% interest and giving huge rebates ? Does anyone that gives a $6,000 rebate then says they lost $2,000 on a vehicle deserve financial assistance ?
But back to the original topic ... Sterling has stopped taking orders on the Bullet . Has anyone ordered a Dodge 4500/5500 lately ? The frames are made by Sterling . I have to wonder if they will be able to continue to make the 4500/5500 when Sterling shuts down .
11-20-2008, 12:25 AM
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The auto industry asking for a bailout is like somebody going to one of those extortionist payday loan companies . They have mismanaged their money , are in unmanageable debt and are only digging a deeper hole they can't get out of .
Anyone with any sense would never cosign a loan for anyone . If they were capable of paying the loan they wouldn't need a cosigner . If the auto manufacturers don't have the assets to sell or borrow against to stay in business they just need to face the consequences .
If they were losing $2,000 on every vehicle they produced , why did they keep producing them and selling them for 0% interest and giving huge rebates ? Does anyone that gives a $6,000 rebate then says they lost $2,000 on a vehicle deserve financial assistance ?
But back to the original topic ... Sterling has stopped taking orders on the Bullet . Has anyone ordered a Dodge 4500/5500 lately ? The frames are made by Sterling . I have to wonder if they will be able to continue to make the 4500/5500 when Sterling shuts down .
Anyone with any sense would never cosign a loan for anyone . If they were capable of paying the loan they wouldn't need a cosigner . If the auto manufacturers don't have the assets to sell or borrow against to stay in business they just need to face the consequences .
If they were losing $2,000 on every vehicle they produced , why did they keep producing them and selling them for 0% interest and giving huge rebates ? Does anyone that gives a $6,000 rebate then says they lost $2,000 on a vehicle deserve financial assistance ?
But back to the original topic ... Sterling has stopped taking orders on the Bullet . Has anyone ordered a Dodge 4500/5500 lately ? The frames are made by Sterling . I have to wonder if they will be able to continue to make the 4500/5500 when Sterling shuts down .
11-20-2008, 12:02 PM
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11-25-2008, 10:43 PM
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12-03-2008, 10:32 PM
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