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Originally Posted by rlg3
Your right, however when companies emerge for bankruptcy, there are huge cutbacks things are eliminated. Many airlines have done it and the have stopped flying in and out of certain cities, expansion is stopped, and almost all future plans are halted. So if GM goes into the bankruptcy the idea that the Camaro production may not begin is not a stretch, by any means.
Your also right about Japan, however it has not been a popular idea here in America, and would represent a major shift that has been fought against by many "free marketers"
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GM won't be the same after this market scare. We're looking at major changes within the company. SUVs will have lower production. Trucks will be harder to find. Small cars will take over. None of those represent a bad thing, necessarily. It just means that GM will be more careful about following the needs of the market.
I disagree that the Camaro won't make production. There has been enough demand for it to be successful. I wouldn't be surprised if other platforms became limited or got cancelled. Camaro production numbers would probably go down, but that's all I can see happening.
I am continually frustrated with the ideal that we can let the market work itself out. While the global market usually does that to some extent, we have to factor in the fact that other countries attempt to influence the market in their favor, so we have to do the same. If we don't have any big companies in the market, we can say farewell to American economic and political hegemony. We have to be a little protectionist. The rest of the world is. If we keep believing that the market will fix itself, it will fix itself in the favor of those who manipulate it.