Mattel Inc. worth more than G.M.

[67rscoupe]

Gm may sell of the Hummer brand.This may be a good idea.

[TMagda]

The selling Hummer idea may just be indicative of how clueless (or arrogant) the GM management really is. Who would buy it?

[Chevy454]

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Everyone wants to buy
foreign cars because the quality and resale value is better.

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Perfect example of today's perception from too many years of mediocrity at the Big 3...they have made great strides within the last decade, and several domestic offerings are often on par or better than the percieved *superior* foreign manufacturers...perfect example is the Chevy Malibu, which is winning acolades from everyone, just in time for GM to go under...I just hope it's not too little too late. I shudder when I say this but, a combined effort w/shared technologies in Detroit might be the only way the Big 3 can pull this out...?!

Just $.02 from some dumb hillbilly...

[Salvatore]

Who is big business going to blame when all the unions are gone? They should get rid of the unions and with that get rid of collective bargening, pension plans, health care, safety meetings and ALL the other BS us Americans don't need! I think big business should get more tax breaks, build more factories over seas, pay their upper management more money and have ALL the say in human resource relations. I would set a wage standard of $15.00 per hour for auto workers and make them responsible for any insurances they may need. While I am at it, make them responsible for their retirement package also. I think it is great to blame the unions and the American worker for the demise of the manufacturing sector of this country. Its a shame we as Americans didn't think of this about 100 years ago before the steel companies and the auto companies that were union made billions of dollars and spent lavishly on country clubs, gold courses, mansions and what have you. I don't think I could EVER blame our govt. some of our enviro people or any of the management of the companies for selling us down the river. No, not them. "Its got to be those union people". I know one thing I will blame on the UAW they gave these companies the opportunity to make fortunes for at least a 100 years and make our nation the strongest, safest and a one point the most high tech industrialized country on earth. Its real easy to place blame. I bet there is only about 14% of the work force that is union in this country anymore. Lets see who we can blame next for our troubles! And of course this is all just MY opinion.

[Hylton]

There are a few issues here - First, the desire for wealth is what has created this loss of the manufacturing sector in North America. Companies are always looking for the cheapest way to bring a product to market. If that means moving manufacturing to Asia, so be it. Oh and it's not coming back either until China and India's salaries are near ours.

Second - quality. Rob is correct when he says that the Big 3 produce some products that are on par or better than the Japanese counterpart but too little, too late. It is very hard to get an individual to try something else when the last car they drove for the last 10 years (Honda or Toyota) was trouble free.

When people say that Japanese parts are so expensive I laugh and say "Go price out a muffler assembly for a GMC Yukon". That used to be one strong point of Big 3 ownership - parts were cheap. Look at all the young kids these days (who typically are broke like all teenagers). What are they driving? Imports.

GM has some fantastic products out there right now (Cobalt, Aura, Vibe, G5, Aveo, Malibu) which are right for the times but the problem is they wouldn't know how to market an ice cream cone on a 100 degree day.