financial issue. Don't get me wrong, I think most GM cars have been butt fugly for decades. But apparently, most car buyers in the US (therefore, most car buyers) have not agreed with us. Only in the last couple years have they been unseated from #1 in sales in the US. I think they are still #2. Their SALES issue is their reluctance to lay off the large SUV segment. That is recent because of gas prices, not people becoming aesthetically tasteful. That is temporary, as my local gas station is now down to $2.07 per gallon.

GM's financial problems come from their labor obligations. They continue to pay retired workers a substantial amount of their last (highest) salary from retirement until they die, which can be a longer period of time than from hire date to retirement. They also are obligated to pay a large number of employees a full salary to do NOTHING! They clock in, go to a room & watch TV, play cards & look at the clock until it is time to go home! Then there is the health care plan & other benefits that the Unions have been able to extort from GM.

• WHAT IS BMW THINKING!?!?!?! (url) - nostness 2006-11-03 17:10:18 (232 views)
  • I actually found a Bangle design i can (nt) - 740ipilot 2007-01-05 14:51:02 (152 views)
    • Re: I actually found a Bangle design i can live with, & in an approprate place (pic) - 740ipilot 2007-01-05 15:06:58 (145 views)
      • I saw an upside down bathtub at Home Depot.... - bcweir 2007-01-06 21:59:22 (135 views)
        • I'm going to disagree (respectfully) with the notion of design being GM's - 740ipilot 2007-01-08 14:05:46 (129 views)
  • I SAY WE GIVE BMW A PIECE OF OUR MIND!!! - bimmerman750il 2006-12-29 14:48:27 (160 views)
    • Here's an idea. Of course they'd never really do it, (Chris Bangle's ego)but... - bcweir 2006-12-30 11:28:00 (160 views)
  • BMW have no idea about 4WD (pic) - Nick (Australia) 2006-11-05 05:21:59 (328 views)
    • Re: BMW have no idea about 4WD... - bimmerman750il 2007-01-04 09:24:25 (107 views)
  • Re: WHAT IS BMW THINKING!?!?!?! (pic) - redmondp 2006-11-04 04:04:48 (256 views)
    • The exterior isn't that bad -- not as bad as the E60 5-series (really UGLY) - bcweir 2006-11-05 00:17:33 (264 views)
  • I like it more than the old one - shogun 2006-11-04 03:44:26 (203 views)
  • *Damn* That is FUGLY.... - manta69 2006-11-03 21:04:12 (211 views)
    • Actually Manta, the E38's were pretty nice too, except for that tiny trunk. - bcweir 2007-01-04 09:30:38 (131 views)
    • Poll: Best BMW design ever - bcweir 2006-12-31 18:19:31 (154 views)
      • Re: Poll: Best BMW design ever - riley 2007-01-02 16:30:12 (150 views)
        • Agrees with Riley and adds this..... - bcweir 2007-01-02 23:28:52 (122 views)