Posted on 10/09/2013 4:07:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Totally agreed. I know I will not buy any care from any company that raped the American people.
Meh, no big loss. They lost my business when they scrapped the only two brands I used to buy: Oldsmobile and Pontiac.
An inferior product does not hurt in the decision either.
Reluctant? No. I absolutely refuse.
I drive a Toyota Tundra CrewMax 4x4 Limited 5.7..... and mine was made in Texas. I’d never buy an Obama car.
I’m with them. Dodge neither.
A year and a half ago, when I was in the market for a new car, I didn’t even look at what GM had to offer. Buying anything from GM is simply out of the question.
We will never buy any vehicle from Government Motors. EVER. Never before have bond holders been screwed like this deal which gave the company to the labor unions.
I knew I should have been a Texan. I’m stuck in a state second only to Massachusetts when it comes to anti-American values (Maryland), and I will never under any circumstances buy or rent another GM product. I don’t deal with crooks, and GM is an inherently corrupt organization.
Ford sales up and all others down.I always tee off on someone who drives an obamamotors car.There lame ass reply is that it was before the bailout and I just laugh at them.
I’m reluctant to buy GM and I’m from Jersey.
I believe Chevy’s reputation regarding trucks is that they are more expensive than Ford or Dodge but higher quality. With the other truck makers seeing sales increases and quaility not an issue, all that is left is that truck buyers don’t want government motors.
So am I and I need a new truck!
Not surprising - Government Motors is pretty much “scorched earth”, so far as consumers are concerned. Once, the General Motors brand was unassailable, putting solid products out in the market place and giving fair measure for goods purchased. You knew a GMC or Chevrolet pickup truck had the lifetime of a horse and could be maintained with a minimum of attention to the basics. Not a fussy or temperamental vehicle at all.
But GM became a massive retirement and health care plan, and only incidentally manufactured motor vehicles and related products. When some 30% of the price of that vehicle is going for coverage of workers who may be long retired, and is not available for technological upgrading or engineering excellence, something had to suffer. Toyota, Nissan and Ford all kicked the butts of the “post-bailout” products from Government Motors, or at least, that is the perception.
Studebaker and International were once producers of light and medium duty trucks, too. And what remains of either of them today? An occasional one will show up at a “veteran” or “antique” automobile show.
I have an 03 Avalanche that I like a lot. I would consider buying a newer one ‘08 or earlier. But never any GM product after that date.
I hear ya. Nissan's upcoming 5.0 Cummins turbodiesel Titan is the one I'm waiting to see. It should a game-changer in the pickup market.
Chevy trucks are not higher quality than Ford. Ford has outsold GM in the truck department for years now. The Chevy is a good looking truck and if it weren’t a GM, I’d look at them. It’s Ford for us, we have two. A Flex and a Superduty.
I’m considering leasing a Chevy Silverado, extended cab, with the 6.0 engine. But I am open to suggestions of a Japanese P/U that is comparable. Do you have a suggestion?
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