Comments on: Declining Sales Rock Auto Industry

Dismal Figures Are On Pace To Be The Lowest In 15 Years; Companies Blame High Gas Prices

[fstop100]

Should we be surprised? At one time GM Ford and Chrysler were the big 3. made some great automobiles too. Then came the bean counters and greedy corporations and gave up quality for money. The big 3 deserve to go under.

[brianp55]

"The demand for more fuel-efficient vehicles has been a boon to Japanese automakers such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co., which rely less heavily on trucks and sport utility vehicles than the Detroit Three. "

This says it all. American automakers have ONLY themselves to blame. What are these executives being paid to do at these companies? Quality sucks, styling sucks and they''re building the wrong TYPES of vehicles. How could the decision-making process possibly be any worse within these companies?

[incog-nito]

I used to own a Ford Taurus. Transmission gave out at 60K miles = $2500 repair bill. Front-end gave out at 90K = $1200. Radiator blew open at 100K = $500.

Good thing those days are long behind me now.

[moneybags77]

Ford used to pay its workers enough so they could buy their cars, now they outsource and we read stuff like this.

[Gary Kempf]

I am not a fan of Ford, But I would think ol Henry is flipping around in his grave in total disbelief of what is happening to his company.