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31-03-2009, 11:56 AM
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Vauxhall are doing ok at the moment, in fact Vauxhall has seen more growth in market share in the last 12 months than any other car company in the UK.
Vauxhall is a viable business, irrelevant of what happens to its parent company, so I doubt it will suffer much, if GM goes bankrupt then Vauxhall will fall into the hands of the receivers and sold as a going concern im sure.
Vauxhall is a viable business, irrelevant of what happens to its parent company, so I doubt it will suffer much, if GM goes bankrupt then Vauxhall will fall into the hands of the receivers and sold as a going concern im sure.
31-03-2009, 12:06 PM
#12
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Ironically, GM's salvation may lie with Vauxhall and Opel, the white is going to want to see radical changes at GM with how it does business, and importing vauxhall and opel cars from europe could be the ideal way to quickly create a GM brand of small economical cars which can fight it out with the likes of Toyota who currently have the lion's share of that market in the US.
Obviously if they did do this, then longer term they would move to US production of those cars, as the white house will want american jobs to be secured
Ironically, GM's salvation may lie with Vauxhall and Opel, the white is going to want to see radical changes at GM with how it does business, and importing vauxhall and opel cars from europe could be the ideal way to quickly create a GM brand of small economical cars which can fight it out with the likes of Toyota who currently have the lion's share of that market in the US.
Obviously if they did do this, then longer term they would move to US production of those cars, as the white house will want american jobs to be secured
31-03-2009, 12:14 PM
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Chips speaking good sense there.I recently bought a vectra for my work (taxi) Choose it over a mondeo for a good few reason was a good 4 grand cheaper and mondeo keep needing bushes replacing every second week lol.
31-03-2009, 01:52 PM
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But without GM for Research and Development, Vauxhall isn't viable.
That's why Ford and Fiat worked together on the 500/Ka, and previously Ford/VW/Seat on the Galaxy/Sharan/Alhambra.
Other examples include Peugeot/Citreon/Toyota, etc.
That's why Ford and Fiat worked together on the 500/Ka, and previously Ford/VW/Seat on the Galaxy/Sharan/Alhambra.
Other examples include Peugeot/Citreon/Toyota, etc.
31-03-2009, 03:03 PM
#15
i just happen to live very close to where gm make vauxhall and opel astras and everyone knows they are shut down cos gm can't sell cars and make a profit.
they have been bailed out with a dropsie from the usa goverment and the uk one i think has done them a grant, what are the dozy bastards doing with some of it ?????? getting the workers in to do fooking lego..... yes lego
nice to think tax payers moola is being spent by idiots to turn the workers into proper idiots also
they have been bailed out with a dropsie from the usa goverment and the uk one i think has done them a grant, what are the dozy bastards doing with some of it ?????? getting the workers in to do fooking lego..... yes lego
nice to think tax payers moola is being spent by idiots to turn the workers into proper idiots also
31-03-2009, 04:02 PM
#16
just look at the cossie and the cavalier gsi cars, the cossie holds it value and the gsi was worth about 20p bceause it was just a flash cavlier rather than a sports car dressed in a business suit
although i can see chips point about importing the smaller cheaper cars to the states, the b man is going to want to give the americans jobs so that is going to lead to the yanks building them rather than the brits
although i'm not sure about who it will translate to sales though as the exchange rates are all fucked up, you can buy a porche for about 10% less here than you can in germany where they are built, even after they've been shipped over
31-03-2009, 07:21 PM
#18
Karly is gonna tell you somthing you havn't probably heard before..............
lhd cars are usually cheeper cos they cost less per unit to develop,when porsche develop a rhd its going to a market that is more limited,it costs porsche more to bring a rhd version out so they stick some of that extra expense on the prices, loads of manufacturers do it aswell.
31-03-2009, 07:58 PM
#19
if it was more expensive to buy a rhd porche then that would work, but it's 10% cheaper to buy a rhd porche than it is to buy a lhd one due to the exhange rate so how does that work
and talkinf of depreciation, 3 year old alfa berea for £10k is horrible depreciation
and talkinf of depreciation, 3 year old alfa berea for £10k is horrible depreciation
31-03-2009, 08:03 PM
#20
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thats in this country though where there is less demand for the lhd i think its ment as in a whole term in the world kind of thing
31-03-2009, 08:34 PM
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31-03-2009, 08:40 PM
#22
just finding my feet
31-03-2009, 08:57 PM
#23
the germans have that deal wher you can scrap your car and get a cracking good deal on new ones,the euro don't help either , our motor trade bosses would like to see the same
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