[Denny]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'W')hat I have nothing but contempt for, is the vanity vehicle whose purpose is to pamper its usually solo occupant and intimidate other users of the road, while navigating the twice-daily stop-and-go over perfectly smooth pavements. Pampering is for infants, and intimidation is for hoodlums. People who engage in that type of behavior deserve the darwinization they are most certainly going to get. And those who enable them, by which I mean the current crop of major automakers, deserve likewise.

[mjdlight]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The_Toecutter', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')e shouldn't blame the car companies. If people didn't buy SUVs/trucks, they'd stop making them tomorrow. They're just whores, nothing more.
This is all on us.

[veliger]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The_Toecutter', 'I') didn't mean for my reaction to be misinterpreted. I was by no means accusing you of claiming that it was a significant gain. My comment was towards General Motors.
Don't mind me. I'm just pissed that we have all these solutions to this problem around us, but through somewhat clandestine means, we don't have access to them.

[kokoda]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gg3', 'I') would not object if someone went around painting on those vehicles, the words "Stop!, you're killing me!", which was one of the slogans of the enviro group in John Brunner's quasi-prophetic sci fi novel The Sheep Look Up.
Paint it on with tempra paint of course, which is water soluable and nontoxic, and can be washed off with a hose (hey it's not vandalism if there's no actual damage!). At least it will get the morons pissed off for a few minutes, which might get them to think.

[BrazilianPO]

"DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. will likely launch a new Hummer truck in 2009, the head of the niche brand told Reuters on Wednesday.
"The new product will have unparalleled off-road capabilities," Hummer General Manager Martin Walsh said. "Like our current Hummers it would be recognizable from a distance."
The brand currently has two models: the H2 and H3. It stopped production of the H1 in June.
Earlier this year, GM's activist investor Kirk Kerkorian urged the automaker to consider spinning off Hummer, which began as a high-mobility vehicle for the U.S. military.
But GM executives have argued Hummer is key to its strategy as it tries to recover from a $10.6 billion 2005 loss, reverse a market share slide and return to profit in the U.S. market."

Great new product for the urban traffic! Just what we need, more of these monsters. At least they will make great makeshift campervans when it becomes too expensive to drive them. I hope Peak Oil hits GM really hard!
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[joewp]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BrazilianPO', '"')The new product will have unparalleled off-road capabilities,"

[TommyJefferson]

In the third financial quarter, GM’s cash position declined by $2.5 billion. Cash flow from its automotive operations was a negative $5.1 billion.

No need to get puffy over consumer products you don't like. The market will do its magic.

[gg3]

TJ: right on target. The market will take care of those dinosaurs and the dinosaur that makes them.
Now let us hope the new Democratic Congress does not indulge in a welfare-state bailout of GM when the market pulls the flush handle.
As for the new Hummer, why anyone would buy a vehicle named after an act that got a President impeached, is beyond me.

[ColossalContrarian]

GM will implode on itself before 2009

"Like our current Hummers it would be recognizable from a distance."

Like a fatass American in Europe.

[jupiters_release]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sabibaby', 'G')M will implode on itself before 2009
"Like our current Hummers it would be recognizable from a distance."
Like a fatass American in Europe.

[dinopello]

This is sad. But, what's funny is all the google adds that pop up to the left of this thread for Hummer dealers.

Like this one!

[whereagles]

Yes, more Hummers please. We need to get this peak oil thing over with quickly.

/sarcasm off

[Dreamtwister]

Unless they've figured out a way to grind up dead Iraqis and pour them into gas tanks, the H3 is going to bomb, and take what's left of GM with it. They won't be able to GIVE those things away.

[lys3rg0]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'w')hat's funny is all the google adds that pop up to the left of this thread for Hummer dealers.[/url]

[Niagara]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sabibaby', 'G')M will implode on itself before 2009

[veliger]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Niagara', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sabibaby', 'G')M will implode on itself before 2009

[dinopello]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('veliger', 'W')hat's all of you GM bashers excuse for the Toyota FJ Cruiser, Land Cruiser, Tundra (the new one will be huge!), Sequoia, GX470, etc? Those Whale Killers sure are smart, building more and more giant, gas sucking trucks and SUV's. But when GM does the same thing, they are dumb as rocks!

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'I') would bet that the Land Crusier etc are not seen by Toyota management as the key to Toyota's success going forward.

[ColossalContrarian]

Consumer Reports Most Reliable...
Most reliable (Best score first):
Honda Fit (pictured)*, Toyota Yaris*, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Corolla

Least reliable (Worst score first): Chevrolet Cobalt, 2006 Nissan Sentra, Volkswagen Jetta (5 cyl.), Chevrolet Aveo

[jeezlouise]

Well, there you have it then. That's quite a trick GM has pulled: pounding in the final nail from inside the coffin.