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Old 08-04-2010, 04:27 PM   #79
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Originally Posted by 1bad65 View Post
I don't believe Toyota got a taxpayer funded bailout. And you can't say for certain there will be long term gain/profit in it, you're just speculating. It's a gamble, and with their past financial history I'm not exactly confident in their speculations.
You asked why. I gave you the most reasonable explanation I can think of.

Also, the Volt program began well before they got any bail out money and probably had a solid billion dollars invested into it already. Cancelling it at that point would have been incredibly stupid since they'd never get a dime back out of it.
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My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors......
........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!!
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