Bailing out car companies?
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Shouldn't they be concentrating on shifting those fields of cars that seem to be everywhere these days? Surely they have made too many cars, and that is why they need "credit" to keep producing more?
Why don't they drop thousands off the price of the "fields of cars" to restore some of their balance sheets?
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The bank bailouts don't seem to be working (hence why they're having to do ANOTHER one), so what convinces us that this is going to work. Are we simply propping up jobs, at a larger cost to us later?
Why don't they drop thousands off the price of the "fields of cars" to restore some of their balance sheets?
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The bank bailouts don't seem to be working (hence why they're having to do ANOTHER one), so what convinces us that this is going to work. Are we simply propping up jobs, at a larger cost to us later?
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Its more about securing jobs mate, there are 800,000 people in the uk in the car industry and that probably rises to over a million once you take into account suppliers and related businesses
the government is just trying to help the economy by propping up a major contributing industry imo
the government is just trying to help the economy by propping up a major contributing industry imo
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shouldn't they be concentrating on shifting those fields of cars that seem to be everywhere these days? Surely they have made too many cars, and that is why they need "credit" to keep producing more?
Why don't they drop thousands off the price of the "fields of cars" to restore some of their balance sheets?
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The bank bailouts don't seem to be working (hence why they're having to do another one), so what convinces us that this is going to work. Are we simply propping up jobs, at a larger cost to us later?
Why don't they drop thousands off the price of the "fields of cars" to restore some of their balance sheets?
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The bank bailouts don't seem to be working (hence why they're having to do another one), so what convinces us that this is going to work. Are we simply propping up jobs, at a larger cost to us later?
also if your layed off will you want another car!!
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Like with bike sales, there was a pretty busy market for grey imports in the UK until it became cheaper for people in Europe to by them from the UK and import them to France etc
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New cars from the fields would be cheaper than the nearly new cars on forecourts.
The nearly new wouldn't sell and they'd end up in the field instead.
The fields of cars will empty over the next few months as most makers have stopped or reduced production.
Production will restart and be matched to the demand.
They only need propping up to cover the next few months whilst the situation sorts itself out.
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but if you can't actually afford to buy a new car, it's a pointless excersie is it not?
"here you go, have £2.3 billion to kee you going"
why should the government help bail out business when you know for a fact that if it's you or me going to them they are going to say "you need to sign on for 6 weeks before we can give you £23 a week to live on"
"here you go, have £2.3 billion to kee you going"
why should the government help bail out business when you know for a fact that if it's you or me going to them they are going to say "you need to sign on for 6 weeks before we can give you £23 a week to live on"
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Impossible Task all the upper and lower dash assy is different would be cheaper to scrap them than do that
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If you sell cars really cheap the second hand market will drop too,so your trade in will be worth nothing so then people will not buy a new car
BTW i've 4 months off
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but if you can't actually afford to buy a new car, it's a pointless exercise is it not?
"here you go, have £2.3 billion to keep you going"
why should the government help bail out business when you know for a fact that if it's you or me going to them they are going to say "you need to sign on for 6 weeks before we can give you £23 a week to live on"![Wall](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/wall.gif)
"here you go, have £2.3 billion to keep you going"
why should the government help bail out business when you know for a fact that if it's you or me going to them they are going to say "you need to sign on for 6 weeks before we can give you £23 a week to live on"
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Payments to the likes of you and me are for keeps.
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If people don't have the money to buy new cars, then what are these people on the line going to do for their "sustained jobs"?
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Impossible Task all the upper and lower dash assy is different would be cheaper to scrap them than do that![Big Grin](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
If you sell cars really cheap the second hand market will drop too,so your trade in will be worth nothing so then people will not buy a new car
BTW i've 4 months off![Banana](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/banana_dance.gif)
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If you sell cars really cheap the second hand market will drop too,so your trade in will be worth nothing so then people will not buy a new car
BTW i've 4 months off
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As for the bail out the companies will have to pay it back at a big rate of interest(IF THEY CAN!) can you see GM in the US paying all that money back?
So the US are still lending to failing companys Good move that one
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