GM's Path To Leave Bankruptcy Apparently Cleared

wnem.com ^ | : 12:15 pm EDT July 9, 2009 | staff/AP Auto Writer Bree Fowler in New York contributed to this report.

[Cronos]

And I will NEVER buy Japanese or German. My father would roll over in his grave if I did. And ever since FORD started flying the Vietnamese Communist flag at corporate headquarters; they're off the list too!

Ok, so no GM, Chrysler or Ford for you. No Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Daihatsu, Suzuki or Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche or Rolls Royce or Bentley (German owned) for you either

I'm guessing you won't buy Italian either (JAp-Italian-German axis), so no Ferrari, Fiat, Alfa Romeo or Maserati. No French probably, so no Peugeot, Renault or Citroen.

And no English cars (what are left?!) due to 1776.

So, whata's left? Korean cars like Hyundai or Kia? Indian like Tata or Mahindra? Maybe Swedish? Volvo?

[kellynla]

“Ok, so no GM?”

wrong

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Volvo and SAAB are each owned by one of the Big-3 - Try GOOGLE Search

Jag & Aston Martin were owned by Ford

FIAT owns most of the Italian made buggies and more

Maserati uses Ferrari engines

Dodge and the Dodge Viper use a Lambo based mill

It’s a jungle out thar!

American maufacturers got too much into buying foreign marques

The good news (I have heard) is that the new Chevy Camaro is outselling (9000 sold? already?) the Ford Mustang and exceeding production

A reversal of the 50s Vette sales against the 50s (4-1) Baby Bird sales

FIAT/EU cars can often share the same platforms

Ford’s strength came largely from producing the same series of engine designs for Ford - Ford trucks - Mercury - Lincoln

Chrysler did so too

GM went with Chebby, Pontiac, Old, Buick, Caddy

All made some great engines - but why?

Legacy costs, union contracts, parallel engines - it was not a cost-saver

Now Camaros are being boneyard-retroed into Firebirds as memories fade