"C. E. White" <cewhite3@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "80_Knight" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Jim Higgins" <gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:LsmdnZyTsKytXn7VnZ2dnUVZ_uKdnZ2d@posted.eagle computertechnology...
>>> Sales plunge for GM and Ford
>>> http://tinyurl.com/47kny2
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>> Your link directs to a page with "U.S. auto sales plunge, Sales sharply
>> lower at Ford, Toyota and GM; auto makers say credit squeeze, customer
>> worries led to sharp drops in sales."
>>
>> Here is the article that you *edited* to make it look like it was only
>> GM and Ford having troubles. Editing articles Jim? Do you hate the
>> domestics that much that you have to edit articles to make them look
>> worse? That's low, even for you. You always claimed you post these GM
>> articles in this group because "other people may want to see them", and
>> now you are editing them, replacing words and paragraphs to suit your
>> domestic-bashing.
>> Very low Jim, very low indeed.
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> Good point. Toyota sales were actually off more than GM's, and essentially
> off as much as Ford's. If Toyota did not have excess small car capacity in
> Japan, and the Prius, they would have been in much worse shape. It will be
> interesting to see how long Toyota can prop up Tundra sales by dumping
> them on the market. I bet the execs in Japan are really sorry they wasted
> billion on that turkey.

They did quite the job building the thing too...Seriously though, this isn't
a Domestic-only problem. Nearly all auto manufactures are hurting, and
hurting bad. Something needs to be done.