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Europe Killing US car makers
on: April 03, 2006, 22:19:52 PM
We all know that Ford and GM are strugling at the moment.

Here is the reason why, some basic 2006 sales figures so far

Volkswagen +23.8% (20,730 cars)
Audi +7.6%
BMW +16.8% (28,352)
Porsche +13% (3,363)
DaimlerChrysler +12% (237,829) with Mercedes +18% and Chrysler + 2%
GM -14.4%
Ford -4.7%

Europe Killing US car makers
Reply #1 on: April 03, 2006, 22:24:13 PM
GM and Ford make too many models which increases cost, and they seem to change styling from year to year.

The Europeans and Especially the Japanese have a limited selection and they focus on quality not quantity.

That said, the one thing GM does well are some engines. ~3.0L V6s in American cars routinely get better economy and are smoother than the European counterparts. Im not talking pushrod, but the new generation. That said, I wouldnt drive a GM car if you paid me. The cars are soul less.

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Re:Europe Killing US car makers
Reply #2 on: April 04, 2006, 00:36:08 AM
They also employ several thousand US workers to do naff all which is bound to push costs up, add to that the preponderance of huge, uneconomic SUVs they were trying to shove out and it isnt difficult to see why. Jeep Granc Cherokee 4 Litre 10-12MPG? :o (reported by users, not the official figures)

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