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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Amen to that.
The earlier comment about the dealer networks was interesting though. There was a huge fight when GM killed Oldsmobile - it cost them big to shut down a brand and some dealers. I read a businessweek article recently that 30% of current dealers may fail and the big 3 will not only let it happen, they're helping.
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I am not anywhere close to an expert on this topic, all my posts are opinions based on reading the news. But that said, good. Let 30% of them fail. It's annoying to watch an industry artificially keep itself afloat by constantly putting guns to heads.
The unions threaten management, management threatens the government, the government pays out and we, the taxpayers buy big three products whether we like it or not.
Seriously, how many GM dealers can you think of off the top of your head in Calgary?
the one in douglasdale, the one at mcleod and 78th, jack carter (which may be the one in douglasdale), the one by the greyhound station, the two in northland mall, the one or two in the auto mall, there's sure to be one in the NE... And Toyota dealers? Um, Heninger, charlesglen, the one by the airport, the one at fish creek... There may be a couple more, but there's certainly less than there are GM dealers and Toyota is the biggest auto company in the world. So... What's up?
edit* I don't know if this post sounds snotty towards you, BLB, I'm being snotty towards GM.