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    • Tue Jun 24th 17:05 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      GM and Ford: Still Easy Shorts
      What about Toyota stock, as of today, it is down 35% from the start of the year! This problem is so severe, that all automakers are being affected. In Toyota's case, the short-sightedness of building a new truck plant in texas (for the giant gass-guzzling Tundra) for hundreds of millions of dollars is backfiring. Again, no one in the industry is immune.
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    • Mon Jun 16th 11:49 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      A Closer Look at the Impact of Higher Gasoline Prices on Driving
      User 41124, Were the SUV's and trucks passing you carrying many people, or were they driving their full size truck/SUV with one person only, similar to you driving your full size Camry with only you in it?
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    • Wed Apr 9th 10:53 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why Auto Stocks Are an Easy Short
      I agree with the coments on this Blog. The arguments made by the author are those made 8 years ago about the industry. Yes, BMW can extract 333 horses from a 6 cylinder, but at 12MPG and an engine that costs twice as much, with poor reliability (read M3 crankshaft failures). The Ford V8 is an extremely reliable, low cost engine making it accessible to to anyone with 20g's in their pocket, versus 55K for the M3.
      Also, he talks about pick-up trucks, but fails to mention that Toyota's Tundra base V6 engine gets worse fuel economy that Chevy's V8! I think it is about time this author, and maybe most of us reading these posts, that we start being more critical of the non-American competitors for fairness sake.
      Finally kid, product development cycles for cars avergae around three years at best. Unlike your ipod or skateboard, changes to the product do not happen overnight. Like many have said before, check your facts first.
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    • Tue Jan 1st 01:43 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      If You Must Own Ford, Go With Preferred Shares
      Innovative Germans!??! What German automaker today offers Hybrid technology in the US? None! At least Ford has had a Hybrid available for years. As for the Japanese, they are innovative because their government treats the auto industry as critical to their economy. As such, the Japaneses government supplies grants and subsidized loans and incentives to make thier auto industry the best in the world. In the US, we burden the auto industry with increased regulation and no help from the government. CAFE is another blow to the auto industry, who has been the scapegoat for global warming, even though its contribution is minimal compared to other industries. Finally, cars in Europe have high MPG, not because of regulation (MPG regulations do not exist in Europe!), but because they tax the fuel heavily. This way, everything that burns oil is penalized, and not just one industry.
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