Comments on: GM May Feel Pain of AA Strike Soon

By: oboylepr

oboylepr — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:23:06 +0000

GM’s spimmeisters and their lackeys in the printed automotive press have managed to keep the lid on the very worst of GM’s financial condition and hype up the vast amounts of vapourware the General is making/might be making/could be/should be/ought to be making (or not)! I get the feeling that we may have reached the point where GM will not find it so easy to keep it’s real condition hidden from the public. And while GM might dismiss S & P’s analysis as, well a C-O-S! it is slowly becoming apparent to all that GM is in the very same C-O-S!

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:07:00 +0000

$50k crew-cab, long-wheelbase, four-wheel-drive, six liter commuter vehicles.

I have been looking at a lot of the Chevy and GMC stock in my state for a truck and the one you describe is in abundance even in 2007s. They have a huge stock of trucks around here in just about all trim levels but way more of the $40-50,000 trim. I’m seeing the same thing as RayH not many white work trucks in crew cab or regular cab but they do have them. Move up to the 2500 and they are a bunch to choose from.

They have so much of an oversupply of trucks I think it will be a while before they start feeling this strike from the inventory end, but the billions they are lossing by idling plants and workers is another story.

By: eastaboga

eastaboga — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:45:09 +0000

lprocter1982, that effing hilarious!! COTD!! (oh wait, wrong site)

By: lprocter1982

lprocter1982 — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:35:07 +0000

I bet Wagoner’s response will be “S & P’s analysis is a crock of shit.”

By: RayH

RayH — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:43:11 +0000

This certainly affects those business owners who still have the cash to buy the $50k+ versions and need to do so quickly. If it’s not on the lot, and can’t get a completion date for a build order, they’re just going to move on to Ford or Dodge.
My gut feeling, and a quick glance on the local Chevy and GMC lots, suggest those buying these trucks out of stock still have PLENTY to choose from for a couple months still. That being said, I haven’t noticed a whole lot of white crew cabs (just about every other color)… just plenty of regular cab white trucks.