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Is There Any Hope for the Big Three Auto Makers?

Bad Product + Not Listening to Consumers + Absurd Gas = Big 3 Failure

GM Calls the Top for Oil

When you look at the Japanese automakers, trucks were never their bread and butter. Honda and Toyota didn't get to where they are by selling trucks. They started offering trucks to round out their lineups but Toyota's longterm success never hinged on the Tundra selling 400k units a year. GM and Ford pinned their entire corporate future on the Expedition, the F-150, the Tahoe and the Silverado. Now they're paying for it with a horrible passenger car lineup, which they ignored for the last 10 years, and customers who are forced to turn to foreign automakers to meet their needs. You can talk about carpooling and moving closer to work (all of which are great) but it doesn't excuse GM and Ford getting caught with their pants down on what the consumer wants.

GM Calls the Top for Oil

It's nice to know that GM would only alter their vehicle line due to crazy gas prices and not because of consumers like myself who would rather have a root canal then drive an SUV, let alone buy one. Way to go Corporate America. GM and Ford get what they both deserve....a decreasing customer base horrified at their terrible product lineups and service that sucks.