[BurbankKarl]

The lower dollar. MB recently made the decision not to sell the B Class in the United States...but they are expanding their plant in Alabama. (They just killed the C Coupe in the US, due to poor sales)

>>>Why are Toyota, BMW, and M/B expanding their US plants if auto sales are bad?

[donozark]

Toyota building huge plant in Texas. Trucks. This may well be the final "Et to Brute" for American manufacturers. Trucks have been their $$-maker for years now.

Also, MS is negotiating with a foreign company to build large plant their.

GMAC made alot of $ for GM. They could could break-even status. But not losses. Time will tell...