[Mr. Wyndham]

Done, very good thread, AND article, Moose.

Originally Posted by rlg3

I'm going to give you a little straight talk. GM has not done what it has needed to do over the past 20 plus years to remain competitive in the "free market". It has asked and gotten government support over the years and it is asking for it again.
I'm young, and I know it...but when in history did GM get gov't aid, before? And I'd be willing to propose that out governments TRADE policies were the #1 reason GM can't be competitive on their home turf...

It has to be willingly to turn over some control to the government in its future direction. If you get 50 billion from the taxpayers the taxpayers get some say in that companies future direction thru its elected officials. GM and others cannot be trusted that this time the will get it right. I don't mean this as any disrespect to any of the fine GM employees who are on this site or not on this site. It's just a fact the Big Three have not been able to make money on a regular basis.
Again, I think that's thanks to our 'friends' in washington who don't know a darn thing about the auto business...WE will not get control of anything -- our 'leaders' will; and they don't know diddly.:(

We must all realize that the production of the 2010 Camaro is in jeopardy. Despite what anybody tells us just look at the facts on the ground. GM out of cash early next year, maybe even sooner. The car market is down not just for GM but across the board. The people at GM we rely on for information have watched many of the co-workers lose their jobs, and they wonder if their job is next. It is clear nothing is for certain at GM. I'm not saying that the Camaro won't get built (I have one on order), but I am saying that it could be in jeopardy, and anybody who tells you 100% that it will roll off the line in Feb/Mar, is doing some wishful thinking.
They're not dead, for goodness sakes...they're just in serious trouble. The Camaro cannot be stopped. To do so would be to throw hundreds of millions of $$ down the drain willingly. They need to at least recoupe their investment in the car...before that happens; it won't get cancelled. And if it sells well enough to make them money...it's going to stay around. That's not wishful thinking...it's just plain logic.