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Re: Who will be the US "Big 3" in 2016?
On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 09:18:00 GMT, " dbu." <howard@dynoisadork.com>
wrote:
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>In article <JnbAg.208187$mF2.71992@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> "JohnR66" <nospam@att.net> wrote:
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>> "Reasoned Insanity" <mintclovers@@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:329Ag.14787$PO.7806@dukeread03...[color=darkred]
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>> > "John Horner" <jthorner@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> > news:uH8Ag.3649$8v.1563@trnddc05...
>> >> My prediction for the 2016 *retail* US sales rankings:
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>> >> 1) Toyota
>> >> 2) Honda
>> >> 3) Hyundai
>> >> 4) GM-Ford (as a merged company)
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>> > Why is Hyundai on the list? Everything I have seen made by them is a piece
>> > of shit compared to anything Japaneese or American.
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>> Hundai is a heck of a success story. Near death after selling a bunch of
>> crappy cars, they turned things completely around in recent years.
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>> Don't give up on Ford or GM they can make a comeback.
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>> IMHO, their fist big step is making cars that appeal to younger people. All
>> the teens want Hondas and Toyotas and probably continue buying them as they
>> age. I've worked for the same emplyer for 17 years and know many people
>> well. If they're not driving a Ford or GM truck, then it is a Toyota, Honda
>> or Mazda. Many of the US passenger cars are older models. One minor trend is
>> a couple of new Ford Fusions out in the lot.[/color]
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>Their first big step is unloading all the union contracts. They are
>watching Northwest do in their unions. GM will follow. Cut overhead
>first.
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If you want to level the playing field, then let's have national
health coverage like all the other industrialized countries. Get it
off the back of the corporations. Why should GM have to pay for it
while Honda doesn't?
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