Posts Tagged Cars
Outta Money, Outta Time.
Posted by Snowy in Cars, Economy/Business on April 6th, 2009
Well it looks as though it could be the end for GM and Chrysler. Both companies have been struggling eminsly for a long time now and it doesn’t help that the government doesn’t want to bail them out any more. Good idea, bad idea? Many feel that they should have never been bailed out in the first place. Do you think that would be okay? Not to bail out the auto companies? They employ millions of people after all… too big to fail? Perhaps. I really believe in the free market economy, but thinking about all the jobs that would have been lost, it’s almost a lose-lose situation. I don’t believe government should have interacted the way they did with GM and Chrysler, but I sure don’t want to see them go down. After all, if Chrysler went down, how would I get my Dodge Challenger? (I have a plan, I’ll get to that in another blog post ;)) Do you think it’s fair that the government is bailing out the big automakers, but leaving the smaller ones to suffer?
Good questions to ask before you’re for-or-against (another) bailout.
Car Interiors
I love cars. Cars are probably my second love, or passion, next to hockey and graphic design. And on the subject of cars, I think the market is moving in the right direction, in terms of electric and hybrid vehicles. The Chevrolet Volt could potentially put GM ahead of the foreign automakers. Ford and Chrysler are also making significant steps in the right direction in order to better compete into the future. But the electric vehicles and hybrids aren’t want bother me, I like the technology. It’s the interior of them. GM has some real revolutionary technology with the Chvrolet Volt. I mean, it is some really good stuff. But when Chevrolet has some new, awesome technology, what do they do? They put one of the ugliest interiors they could muster up in the car. Seriously, go google "Chevrolet Volt Interior" and you’ll see what I mean. I just don’t get it. Car’s interiors (and exteriors) are suppose to evolve. Not take some "revolutionary" step, then it just looks weird. But it’s not just GM. Ford and Chrysler do it, too. I guess they’re trying to make it look futuristic or something, but somebody forgot to tell them that they’re doing a terrible job, and car interiors have to progress to that stage. 
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