GM really clutching at straws.... - Toyota Yaris Forums

TLyttle · 04-08-2009, 01:34 PM

Man I'm with you there, Saildesign! It is actually fairly easy to design and build a prototype vehicle, hit the media with it, and disappear; history can supply thousands of examples.

But to build reliable, long-lasting, economical, environmentally-friendly vehicles is another task altogether. Had GM concentrated on this instead of campus cruisers, they, and maybe the rest of the world, would be better off.

If GM died off tomorrow, I really don't think the impact would last long at all. That would simply generate avoid that would be quickly filled by others: does anyone really think that Ford, Chrysler, Volvo, Toyota etc would not be able to ramp up production in a few months, if not weeks? It's the old trick of sticking one's finger in a goldfish bowl: pull it back out and see the hole it leaves...

04-08-2009, 01:34 PM	#11
TLyttle Drives: 07 Yaris sedan Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Keremeos BC Posts: 986	Man I'm with you there, Saildesign! It is actually fairly easy to design and build a prototype vehicle, hit the media with it, and disappear; history can supply thousands of examples. But to build reliable, long-lasting, economical, environmentally-friendly vehicles is another task altogether. Had GM concentrated on this instead of campus cruisers, they, and maybe the rest of the world, would be better off. If GM died off tomorrow, I really don't think the impact would last long at all. That would simply generate avoid that would be quickly filled by others: does anyone really think that Ford, Chrysler, Volvo, Toyota etc would not be able to ramp up production in a few months, if not weeks? It's the old trick of sticking one's finger in a goldfish bowl: pull it back out and see the hole it leaves...