Comments on: Nardelli to Iacocca: Sorry, Chrysler is cutting your pension

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:18:56 +0000

Nardelli should be the one getting cut…he screwed Home Depot up and he has done nothing for Chrysler…

By: JMM

JMM — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:47:24 +0000

DITTO what CJKatl said. That is the entire situation exactly in a nutshell. Corporate greed at any cost. Including employees, neighborhood little league teams and the country.

By: Joel Green

Joel Green — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:32:40 +0000

Last time I looked Toyota lost bilions,Nissan was French owned and Honda was scrambling to sell vehicles it could not move off it lots. The union costs that put US manufactors over the top are our health care costs in this country. US manufactors were just to loyal to dealers and its workers, indeed how unamerican.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:41:47 +0000

O.K. the unions didn’t do it. The management did. GM, Ford, & Chrysler management should have grown some and thrown the unions out years ago. No one deserves that kind of pay and lifetime healthcare for screwing doorknobs on or sweeping floors. No business model will support that. When will the American automakers get a clue and kick the unions out and re-hire a workforce at a reasonable wage commensurate with skills required for the job. Maybe then they would have a chance at being profitable. The democrats and the unions will be the downfall of this country.

By: ncgreybr

ncgreybr — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:08:14 +0000

Buzz: I agree about the quality. I have a 98 Ford PU with a little over 200,000 miles on it and the only problem has been a little clutch problem. Not even enough to take in and have fixed. Before that I had a Chev truck. Got 200,000 on that one too. Before that, a FOrd PU that finally died of old age. The only reason I’ve got the Nisson Altima (besides the rear end looking so hot!) is that my head rubbed the liner on the Monte Carlo. I would have bought the Monte Carlo in a heartbeat!

Why doesn’t Detroit go back to the classics and rebuild a few of them using modern technology? I would love to have an old style/but updated Malibu or Cutlass muscle car. How about a 59 Caddy that gets 35 MPG!

By: Buzz

Buzz — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:57:54 +0000

My Silverado has 250,000 miles on the clock. My Trailblazer has 172,000. Both have held up just fine. GMs quality isn’t as bad as many make them out to be. Granted I do also have a Camry and it already has 52,000 miles. The quality of both companies has been pretty good.

I am eyeing the new Camaro as it looks quite nice to me. Though I wouldn’t have a problem if I ended up with a Challenger.

By: blondval

blondval — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:44:19 +0000

“ncgreybr…..i assume you are a liberal nutbag treehugger also….1 question….how many 35mpg vehicles do Mercedes, Volvo, Saab, BMW, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Porshe, Lamborghini, Maserati, Land Rover, Range Rover etc… produce???
Quick answer none….there are too few tree huggers out there to drive demand…”

I think Toyota produces more Cambrys than all the ones you listed together. Yes, there is a market for high mileage vehicles. You’re just too ignorant to see it. Intelligent patriotic people drive high mileage vehicles.

By: ncgreybr

ncgreybr — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:34:06 +0000

Tired of this: “economics 101….law of supply and demand…if there were a demand for these, private companies would build them and profit from them…”

I’m sure Toyota, Nisson and VW are just flukes…and yes, my Nisson Altima safely gets 34 mpg on the highway.

BTW, the name calling and slurs (because you don’t have an arguement)routine doesn’t work with me.

By: Buzz

Buzz — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:06:05 +0000

j rev said “You people do realize that the UAW has made considerable concessions in order to keep this company afloat. The investors on the other hand……………”

Gee, make concessions or lose everything…tough choice. The investors shouldn’t have to make concessions as they were the ones footing the bills.

By: Buzz

Buzz — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:00:53 +0000

“If management would give the union workers more money and benefits, they would make better cars–very simple. Now, there’s little incentive to make high quality cars because the workers know that management is out for themselves, and not the workers and the union.”

Give the unions MORE money? Did you honestly say that? The contracts with the UAW were killing them.