BMW does the exact same thing: the less expensive cars have stripped interiors and equipment level compared to their more expensive cars. Go compare a 3 series vs. a 7 series yourself. The BMW Mini's even stripped out the RWD and went for FWD to save production cost. Same deal with Honda and Toyota. Don't tell me you you see the Fit equipped the same as an RL, or the Corolla the same as LS. They just move all the price points higher. Price points and incentive for customers to move up price points are basics to marketting. Every producer does that (well, except for Henry Ford, who famously said, you can have any color you like, so long as it is black; that model didn't work very well, to put it mildly).

If GM tried to price its cars at BMW's price points, and has only 2% of the market, it would long have been bankrupt. It's bankrupt now because market share dropped below 20%.

Sure, it takes two sides to have a deal, remember that the next time you are robbed at gun point, and remember that the next time your kids are kidnapped. GM has not been a bona fide private company since the 1930's, when government refused to enforce property rights when union workers took over other people's property.


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• GM bankruptcy = "depression"?, rob 94 aero, Fri, 29 May 2009 17:23:22
  • GM no longer employes enough people to have this effect, MI-Roger , Sat, 30 May 2009 13:33:39
  • The unions bankrupted GM..., Mike Lynch , Sat, 30 May 2009 13:30:09
    • hmm it really wasn't just the Unions, ryan , Sun, 31 May 2009 15:19:24
      • What was the point...??, PGAero , Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:21:04
    • The unions bankrupted GM... with management help, Noel, Sun, 31 May 2009 06:36:26
      • Yep, Jim, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:30:03
    • Re: The unions bankrupt many places they dominate., BobS, Sat, 30 May 2009 23:01:20
      • Yes, it has gotten to that point..., UpstateNY Bill, Sun, 31 May 2009 08:12:22
    • Re: The unions bankrupted GM..., KevinM, Sat, 30 May 2009 19:03:38
    • Re: The unions bankrupted GM..., mikef, Sat, 30 May 2009 18:02:42
    • do what? (i do not intend this as a flame), repoSAAB, Sat, 30 May 2009 14:42:12
      • Consequences of Overpaying One Input Factor, Jim, Sat, 30 May 2009 15:15:28
    • It wasn't the workers or the unions who've made, No Snaab, Sat, 30 May 2009 14:12:13
      • Re: It wasn't the workers or the unions who've made, Brian Griffin, Sat, 6 Jun 2009 05:47:31
      • High Wages Means Large Cars, Jim, Sat, 30 May 2009 15:23:01
        • Re: High Wages Means Large Cars, DER, Sun, 31 May 2009 19:43:57
          • Re: High Wages Means Large Cars, Jim, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:29:32 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Most carmakers do this but there's a difference, Noel, Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:23:58
  • Graph of Unemployment by County - USDA Stats, andym, Sat, 30 May 2009 04:11:08
  • You ought to live in Michigan, TG, Sat, 30 May 2009 03:35:03
    • I grew up in Detroit, and "The Great Lakes State" is, Lawrence, Sat, 30 May 2009 10:59:56
  • Actually, "throwing in the towel", is, for all intents, Lawrence, Fri, 29 May 2009 18:53:11
    • Huh?, PGAero , Sat, 30 May 2009 12:36:45
  • Re: GM bankruptcy = "depression"?, Simon S, Fri, 29 May 2009 18:04:19
    • Re: GM bankruptcy = "depression"?, np , Sun, 31 May 2009 10:58:42
      • Agreed. Koenigsegg would be awesome. nm, Simon S, Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:53:33
    • Re: GM bankruptcy = Chinese Cars??, Dave B 89 900s Auto, Sat, 30 May 2009 07:16:41

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