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Originally Posted by Doc
The problem with an emotional boycott is instead of forcing them to reopen plants and rehire workers, the drop in sales could be enough to simply put them out of business. Then everybody in the company loses their job, and all the retirees lose their pensions. Talk about emotional and ugly.
I don't know what their future is going to be. So far it looks like they're trying to stay in business just to stay in business. They're not leading anything, despite the marketing-speak she's putting forth. The decision makers don't appear to be vehicle enthusiasts of any kind. EV and autonomous? That's the only 'vision' they have?
It'll be sad to see GM either go down or just become another footnote in the history of long-standing American companies that put corporate-think, 90-day report types in charge who didn't know how to change with the times.
Maybe if the execs would spend a day working at one of their dealerships, trying to sell what they produce they'd get some ideas. Pretend to be shopping for an SUV or truck and spend a day going around to various dealers like a customer does. See what the customer sees and maybe they'll start to get an idea of what they need to do to make GM successful again.
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This!
They need to scale back on $70k pickups and produce something affordable! My 2018 Colorado stickered for over $40k! After discounts, dickering around with them, and my GM Buypowercard rewards, I got it down to $30k! Even that's insane for a small truck in my eyes!
I just wanted a regular cab, 4cyl, 6sp, A/C, 4x4... like my old 91 Toyota pickup... $8500!
