Comments on: Ford, GM, Chrysler Set for $25 Billion in Government Loans

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By: andre

andre — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:28:13 +0000

Ford the best car

By: tom

tom — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:49:26 +0000

These loans to Ford, GM and, Chrysler are an investment in the American economy and America's future. If you don't want competition, see what will happen if we buy all our vehicles from foreign countries. There will still be more than enough out sourcing to foreign suppliers for components used in domestic brand vehicles.

By: peters

peters — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:17:56 +0000

It's pretty simple. If you or I are financially irresponsible we get to go bankrupt. Nothing should be above that. Toyota developed the needed technology, new companies like Aptera are popping up, and volkswagen is developing a car that consumes 1l/100km. People knew this was coming, they had the chance to do something other than increase the size of their trucks and SUVs. The money would be so much better spent on rail investment.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:49:42 +0000

Green cars are not built with the same technology that the big three have expertise in! Green cars are built with electrochemical and chemistry skills in Lithium battery design, super-magnet drives, computer controlled electric transmission and braking, drive by wire technologies, carbon fiber construction, advanced polymer composites, aerodynamic flow streaming, Ultra-lite design techniques, aluminum and titanium smarts, electronics and physics engineering. The 'Big Three' offer heavy sheet metal construction smarts, annual sheet-metal change smarts, V- 8 iron-cast engine block technology, lossy inefficient hydraulic transmissions, sloppy, power-sucking hydraulic steering controls, power wasting friction brakes and other ' lost in the 1930's "grease-pit" expertise!' General Motors recently spent a large fortune developing a 620 hp, 8 mpg, 230mph car! The newest example of the peak of their technology, the 'Vette' a car that languors on the sales lots, priced above anything practical for the average American, getting fuel economies we simply cannot afford, and goes at a rate of speed three times above the posted legal limit in most of our country. The question has to be asked, When their stock is at it's lowest point in history,and they are bumming money from the government, Why in Hell did they do this? I hope Congress gives them nothing, and chooses instead to give support to the aerospace industry, the next real source of reasonable commuter transportation and the automotive future for America!

By: KBO

KBO — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:57:56 +0000

Maybe if they spend the last ten years readying for the oil crunch instead of building crappy SUVs, they wouldn't be in this predicament. As long as foreign cars are more fuel efficient and are actually built to last (as opposed to this being just a slogan), I'll buy them.

But I don't own a car anyway, so whatever.

By: bryan Miler

bryan Miler — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:20:59 +0000

It's time for GM, Ford and Chrsyler to die with honor.