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Re: Looking for verification [jj24]

by iwantvan on Mon Dec 01 12:49:34 PST 2008

You can look at www.fitzmall.com to see the best prices in the washington dc metro area. The 08 inventory is getting small, but there are some models you can compare. I believe the prices are at about 2000 under invoice. We also have the 2000 rebate in this region.

Re: NOVA-DC-MD '09 w/ Tech Auto [petermc]

by loveyoursmile on Mon Dec 01 10:50:44 PST 2008

I am also in the Bay Area and looking for a base TSX 09. Which dealer did you buy from?

Interesting!!!

by allmet33 on Mon Dec 01 10:02:29 PST 2008

RKSport Hyundai Genesis Sedan

Wonder if this will make it into the Genesis!

by allmet33 on Mon Dec 01 10:01:19 PST 2008

Hyundai & Kia Planning AWD Cars

Re: [62vetteefp]

by kernick on Mon Dec 01 09:36:34 PST 2008

Soon however there will be a point where capacity will cross sales and then prices will rise. I think in this sentence you mean "utilization" in regards to costs, and sales in regards to revenue. Utilization is how much of the capacity of the plant is being used currently. The capacity of a plant is a fixed-number - as in how much can a plant make when run 24/7 (with labor available, and accounting 15% or so for planned and unplanned maintenance). You are correct though in that the less a plant produces and sells the higher cost of each unit produced. That is because no matter if the plant makes 100, 1000, or 10000 units there are costs that have to be paid - property tax, insurance, wages, basic utilities, security, advertising, and pensions & benefits. These are fixed costs. Because GM has so many of these costs, that is why they could sell so many cars for so many years, and still lose money year after year. As their sales have decreased over the years, GM kept spending as if they had a larger market-share. This was and is the problem. How do you get your costs lower than your sales revenue and make money. GM and the others have for years failed (mismanaged) this basic business principle, and have not acknowledged this until the last minute. They had no contingency plan for when the economy turned bad, and they have no financial reserves. And the evidence of the DC meeting is that they still have no clue on how to change their business, besides a few tweaks in a year or 2. The best thing would be for 1 of the Big3 to go BK and liquidate, and have some other investors come in and setup a system that will manage things better.

Re: Some might say this is a moral issue? [steve_]

by nippononly on Mon Dec 01 09:36:30 PST 2008

The hearing crank up again tomorrow so I guess the Big 3 will spend today polishing up their testimony as they carpool to DC. Actually steve, I believe the automaker plans are due tomorrow, and the CEO testimony is scheduled for Friday, isn't that it? andre: the interiors of the Malibu and Aura I was in were literally IDENTICAL. As for the exteriors, they look very similar to me - I realize noses and taillights are individualized, but this is just one more example of rebadging the bad way. And look at Aura sales, in the crapper from the beginning, because it's a SATURN. The forgotten brand. Why can't GM get this? Everybody else in the world gets this! The car should have been a Chevy from day one.