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Originally Posted by LilBro
wouldnt it help if GM stop wasting so much money on advertising???... we all know they exist...they sponsor every sporting event it seems....every 20 mins there is a commercial etc.... i would imagine they would save a bundle if they stopped advertising as much as they did, atleast for the time being.
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My wife and I were talking about this exact thing and I did a little research. Something like 1.4BILLION is being spent in online advertising by them in 08 who knows TV and sporting events, mags etc
Everybody wanting a sports car KNOWS the corvette is as good as it gets around $50k
Also the guy below this post stated something like 5k types of each car.
Ford got big due to the assembly line and not offering custom options like custom colors and other things and was able to offer vehicels FAR cheaper than the competiton due to simplicity of manufacturing.
those 2 massive problems on top of HORRIBLE contracts with the UAW have all lead to a clusterfuck.
Being here in MI I hear more about contract negotiations than other parts of the country. Those union idiots are always convinced that GM NEEDS them and thats why they refuse to give in to reasonable pay cuts. Fact is EVERY other country will do the work cheaper than those union workers will AND this damn government doesn't tax imports much at all. Tax the hell out of things coming in to make them want to build shit here.