The GM plant here in Oklahoma City will be closing next year.
Y'know, The Hubby and I have been thinking about getting a new car. Of course, one he can get in and out of with minimal effort (you know he doesn't bend - you try to get in your car without cocking your head to one side), with good gas mileage, comfortable seats that you can dial out the lumbar thingy (yeah, again, the Hubby doesn't bend), and a relatively good ride - so we can take just going to the city or across the country to visit the kid, but isn't driven my 90 mile round trip commute - and no dogs in the car. We have a lot of cars we're considering.
Well. I think I can cross GM brands off my list.
2 comments:
No offense, but I don't see how a local plant closing, although regrettable, would affect your car buying decision.
If anything, at least GM is being responsible and making tough decisions that are needed in order to prevent bankruptcy (would you like to pay the pensions of all the GM retirees yourself if they do go into bankruptcy?).
If you knew anything about the auto industry, you'd know that Japanese automakers are intentionally pricing cars below COST in order to drive GM, Ford, & Chrysler out of business (and doing quite a good job of it). If you think GM is the only one in need of this kind of action, you're sorely mistaken.
You make a good point about that. Seeing as how the governments pension insurance thingy is grossly underfunded, GM going down is a very bad deal. It just kinda gets my goat that they close American plants (granted, the ones that have the biggest expenses), and leave open the ones outside the US.
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