Re: [greenyes] SUVs - Last Year's Fashion

["Bruce Arkwright,Jr" <powerbysun@no.address>]

Unfortunately Wagoner made a (bs) statement about how
'on top' gm was on the problem and they have a 'plan'
to solve it. Or to restate - Status Quo. Funny it seem
to 'answer' everyone questions on gm plans of
survival. 

--- Peter Anderson <anderson@no.address> wrote:

> 
>         Question: Is this just fashion whims like
> hem lines or is there, god 
> forbid, intelligent design in the biz and that,
> evenutally, rational thought 
> enters the equation?
> 
> 
> WALL STREET JOURNAL - June 6, 2005
> 
> GM Chief to Face Harsh Light From Shareholders'
> Questions
> By ANN KEETON and SIMONA COVEL
> 
> 
> Given the dismal news from Detroit this year,
> stakeholders in General Motors 
> Corp. are expected to have questions ready for Chief
> Executive Rick Wagoner 
> when the auto maker holds its annual shareholders
> meeting tomorrow morning.
> 
> "...
> "...
> "...
> "...
> Large SUVs and pickups have been GM's biggest profit
> makers, but sales of 
> the departing models have slumped in recent months
> as gasoline prices have 
> risen and consumers have shifted toward
> smoother-riding crossover wagons.
> 
> Robert Barry, a Goldman Sachs analysts who just
> initiated coverage on GM 
> with an "underperform" rating, said GM's marketing
> is out of touch. "We 
> think of cars as fashion goods," he said on a
> conference call Thursday. 
> "Fashion is moving away from SUVs."
> "...
> "...
> "...
> "...
> 
> 
> 
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