A White House directive should be on it’s way, demanding advertising be done at New York Times, CNN, etc,etc,etc...
This is interesting since both the Government and their hangers on continue to try to prop up this company! Guess even government (Obama) can’t hold up this Union controlled enterprise. They have been hyping their sales for months now.
Hope they go down soon and other Non-Union States take up any slack in auto sales.
Isn't there something that we as tax payers can do to help?
GM is awfully big to be having cash problems after all.
Had GM refused to take bailout money, restructured, and went public with a campaign about recapturing the marked with American innovation, hard work, and an absolute commitment to quality, they would probably be selling a lot more cars right now. Just my opinion.
What advertising? I can’t remember the last time I saw a GM ad. Must be on public radio, or CNN etc.
If Gummint Motors crashes and burns along with all their greedy UAW parasites, the country will be better off.
I hope this is the next step in the death of that disgustingly corrupt company. There is no situation in which I would buy a GM or Chrysler product, whether manufactured after they stiffed the rightful claimants on their assets and took taxpayer dollars to bail out connected stakeholders, or even before that date. I’m not willing to support the price of used GM products, because that might boost the sales price of their new vehicles. While I dumped all of my GM and Chrysler holdings well before that fiasco, I am disgusted at the corruption of that entire process and will not do anything that contributes to the crooks who obtained a stake in the new GM. GM is dead to me.
* Go to Zero Hedge and see the story today how they are "Stuffing the Pipe", i.e. shipping way more cars than their maybe demand for.
* Sometimes companies ramp up before a turnaround, even given the "fleet" age, I don't see it.
* Rumors of a new cash for clunkers abound.
* Rumors of some sort of American only quasi market protection scheme coming from the Obamatons.
The bottom line?
They got something up their sleeve, and my guess GM has been given a heads up, I am sorry I am that cynical...
A 90 day supply sitting on dealer lots, some models over 200 days (THINK VOLT), and GM is CUTTING it’s ad buys in half??
What am I missing here??
OH YEAH, that Manufacturing Report Obama is going to be campaigning on, based on Centrally-Planned GM Production Numbers.
ALL HAIL THE GREAT MESSIAH!!