FUCK NO it aint! I actualy laughed out loud when I read that!
You can see right here. Its got posts under it. That car, just like 75% of concepts they bring to auto shows, is a big fuckin model. Its probably got plywood floor boards.
Not only will I take that bet, Anthony, but I'll put down another $20 that when it comes out, it'll be a flop, another SSR.
Mallard, I know the development timeline for new cars. I'm making note of the fact that GM sucks at marketing cars. If you're right about their quality, I have to be right because they damn sure arent selling enough of them. Releasing teasers and ads for a car that no one will see for 4 years is a bad idea, and they should know that. By the time its available, the hype will have worn off, and sales will be few and far between. Look at the last Thunderbird. That car sucked so much it changed local weather, but they sold a shit ton of them 5 months before they even hit the dealers, and at huge dealer mark ups. Now look at the SSR. Sure, it sucks, but building a retarded vehicle is no reason for not making money off it. I've never seen one with private tags on it. Everyone shit themselves when the car was introduced 5 years ago, but when it hit th emarket, everyone was off looking at the next hot thing.
If the F body was a badass seller, why was it cut? The F body wasn't the economical sports car, the Mustang was, and that is obvious when you look at the numbers, price and sales. Camaros have always been faster, but they've always cost more. They built alot of F bodies, but couldn't sell them new. Why? Because most of the people drooling over them couldn't afford them. They're "everywhere" because people were cut huge deals too get them off the lots. Like I've said in US'cars'in'Europe threads, a great $12,000 car ins't a good $25,000 car.
A growing problem with profitability in this country is people who do jack shit making too fucking much money. Rick Wagoner, GM CEO, makes just short of $5 MILLION dollars a year? What the fuck does he do thats worth $5m? What can he do with $5m that he cant do with $1m? Cut his pay down to a meager $1m a year, and thats 80+ good paying, livin in ahouse, putting the kids through college, line jobs. Devine and Lutz make $3m a year. Take them down to $500,000 and theres 20 jobs. Thats all I'm putting here, but the list goes on. "Trimming the fat" needs done from time to time, but they need to trim it at both ends. If GM doesn't suck, why are they struggling? Is it the commies fault? You have to do more then build a car, you have to sell it, you have to make people want it.