Comments on: Ghosn: “The U.S. auto market is not going to be great again” http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:54:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Steven Lang http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-390802 Steven Lang Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:31:02 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-390802 I had a lot of lunchtime conversations back in 2007 where we all played the equivalent of 'guess the sales for 2008'? My two predictions were that sales would go down to the 14.8 to 14.9 million level and that Chrysler's sales would dip 20%. Oh well. If there had only been a cigar involved in that bet. I'd be smoking it all the way to Havana. I had a lot of lunchtime conversations back in 2007 where we all played the equivalent of ‘guess the sales for 2008′?

My two predictions were that sales would go down to the 14.8 to 14.9 million level and that Chrysler’s sales would dip 20%.

Oh well. If there had only been a cigar involved in that bet. I’d be smoking it all the way to Havana.

]]> By: offroadinfrontier http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-390032 offroadinfrontier Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:02:47 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-390032 @ ash78 I hear that - my faithful 22-yr-old is still pushing hard, and believe it or not, appreciating in value - it doubled last year!! By the time I choose to sell my car, I'll be making profit, AND getting an average MPG of current i-4 sedans of the same size in a v6. @ ash78

I hear that – my faithful 22-yr-old is still pushing hard, and believe it or not, appreciating in value – it doubled last year!!

By the time I choose to sell my car, I’ll be making profit, AND getting an average MPG of current i-4 sedans of the same size in a v6.

]]> By: prndlol http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-389502 prndlol Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:02:02 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-389502 Lottery numbers please. Lottery numbers please.

]]> By: guyincognito http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-388962 guyincognito Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:11:24 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-388962 In the year two-thousaaaannd and 10, in the yeeeeaaar twooo-thousaaaaaand and te-ennn, Tesla Motors launches the Whitestar hybrid sedan vaporizing Prius sales within minutes of its arrival due to its vastly superior performance, efficiency, and reliability claims, Rick Wagoner unceramoniously retires and returns all of his personal wealth to GM in a selfless move to return the company to profitability, Carlos Ghosn and Kirk Kerkorkian purchase Tata Motors and sell off the Nano platform to the world's new economy car leader...Porsche. In the year two-thousaaaannd and 10, in the yeeeeaaar twooo-thousaaaaaand and te-ennn, Tesla Motors launches the Whitestar hybrid sedan vaporizing Prius sales within minutes of its arrival due to its vastly superior performance, efficiency, and reliability claims, Rick Wagoner unceramoniously retires and returns all of his personal wealth to GM in a selfless move to return the company to profitability, Carlos Ghosn and Kirk Kerkorkian purchase Tata Motors and sell off the Nano platform to the world’s new economy car leader…Porsche.

]]> By: ash78 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-388482 ash78 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:15:32 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-388482 I don't know if my experience reflects the balance of American sentiment on cars....but I'm sitting it out, waiting to see how the new diesels and hybrids work out in the next 2-3 years. I've got a great 10-year-old car that depreciates less than $500/yr, which more than makes up for fuel usage compared to a more efficient new car's depreciation ($3k-$5k/yr). I suspect a lot of people are simply waiting it out, as well. I don’t know if my experience reflects the balance of American sentiment on cars….but I’m sitting it out, waiting to see how the new diesels and hybrids work out in the next 2-3 years. I’ve got a great 10-year-old car that depreciates less than $500/yr, which more than makes up for fuel usage compared to a more efficient new car’s depreciation ($3k-$5k/yr). I suspect a lot of people are simply waiting it out, as well.

]]> By: SupaMan http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-387882 SupaMan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:52:37 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-387882 Well, he is right on a few points. I wouldn't say the US market has fully matured, but just that the kinds of vehicles that appeal to the masses has shifted causing most of the automakers to rethink what Americans want nowadays. And no way are Chinese or Indian cars (a rebadged Jag-Rover?) gonna make the ocean crossing over here unless their crash worthiness has been thoroughly looked over. Well, he is right on a few points. I wouldn’t say the US market has fully matured, but just that the kinds of vehicles that appeal to the masses has shifted causing most of the automakers to rethink what Americans want nowadays. And no way are Chinese or Indian cars (a rebadged Jag-Rover?) gonna make the ocean crossing over here unless their crash worthiness has been thoroughly looked over.

]]> By: Cammy Corrigan http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-387872 Cammy Corrigan Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:49:10 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-387872 Wow, what with the credit crunch, jobs being cut, Detroit being in trouble, the global warming crowd encouraging people to keep their cars for longer (less of a carbon footprint) and rising raw materials prices (subsequently increasing car prices) how did Carlos Ghosn know that the US car market was not going to be good and that small cars and eletric cars would sell big in the United States(?) N.B Please note that the "car market stablising" and Renault-Nissan eletric car are just 2 more events for the already event packed 2010! Wow, what with the credit crunch, jobs being cut, Detroit being in trouble, the global warming crowd encouraging people to keep their cars for longer (less of a carbon footprint) and rising raw materials prices (subsequently increasing car prices) how did Carlos Ghosn know that the US car market was not going to be good and that small cars and eletric cars would sell big in the United States(?)

N.B Please note that the “car market stablising” and Renault-Nissan eletric car are just 2 more events for the already event packed 2010!

]]> By: ash78 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/comment-page-1/#comment-387862 ash78 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:48:57 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ghosn-the-us-auto-market-is-not-going-to-be-great-again/#comment-387862 Where's the Renault diesel already? Where’s the Renault diesel already?

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