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G3RMAN

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  1. In the stock market exchange this is crucial
  2. This may be a bit long and boring but it is a big issue! For most of the second half of the 20th century, one automobile company dominated the global industry: General Motors. With its traditional brands -- Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac -- it held close to 60 percent of the American car market in 1960, when Detroit auto companies took 90 percent of sales in the United States. But by the 1970s, G.M. was buffeted by issues like fuel economy, labor unrest and the emergence of Japanese auto companies, among them Toyota, Honda and Nissan. As G.M. recovered, it also faced a stiff challenge from its crosstown rival, the Ford Motor Company, whose financial strength after downturns in the early 1980s and 1990s cause some analysts to wonder whether Ford would one day unseat G.M. as the biggest American car company. Tougher competition was only one of G.M.'s problems. In 2005, it stunned the auto world by losing $10.4 billion. It embarked on a reorganization plan that included plant closings and the elimination of 30,000 jobs. G.M. maintains that its turnaround program is showing results, but in the second quarter of 2008, it reported a loss of $15.5 billion (which followed a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss) and announced additional job cuts. As the price of gasoline at the pump topped $4 a gallon, G.M. (and many of its rivals) was surprised by a dramatic shift toward smaller, more fuel-efficient cars and away from the pickups and sport utility vehicles that served as its mainstay. The company cut its fourth-quarter 2007 production by 10 percent, and by July 2008, overall United States sales have fallen 20 percent. G.M. announced plans to idle plants to address the shrinking demand for pickups and S.U.V.'s. At the same time, it was adding shifts to try to make enough small cars. Sales slowed by high gas prices ground to a halt as the Wall Street meltdown scared consumers and cut off many from credit. In mid-September G.M.'s chief executive officer, Rick Wagoner, and the heads of Ford and Chrysler went to Washington to ask for $7.5 billion that would support $25 billion in loan guarantees that had been promised to help speed the switch to more efficient cars. In November the heads of the Big Three returned to Congress to ask for $25 billion in direct aid, of which $10 to $15 billion would go to G.M. Democratic leaders supported providing the money out of the $700 billion financial bailout fund, while President Bush supported allowing the $25 billion in loans for efficient technology to be used to keep the companies afloat instead. The automakers returned to Detroit having heard many lectures on their mistakes, but without any aid.
  3. I mean I saw this cars that looked like rockets from the 60s.And they were from ford and gm.
  4. To shadow GT AU5513 is my roomate who is a slob and uses my computer.
  5. Hallo I am G3RMAN i have a social group German Enthusiasts

    1. Some pictures you lazy person i know you have three of them.
    2. Your a wimp stop fighting for my computer

      1. Anyone heard of the older ones from america they were great they looked like rockets!
      2. None of you know the road version and the tuner is HWA
      3. No it wont it will be a joint effort between This tuner that made the CLK GTR and mercedes.They opted to leave Mclaren for them.
      4. Welcome from G3RMAN and AU5513
      5. Everyone is forgetting the CLK GTR tuners that are going to make the SLC
      6. Yes but its not priceless if Ferrari can make more than one!
      7. I haven't heard of that car?
      8. I would hate to crash that.Anyone know how much it costs?
      9. This shot really shows how the Bently looks like an R8
      10. The car was in a magazine not wheels one with classics and for sale ads.It had problems with engines (they got the wrong one).And it looks like a grand tourer.
      11. I also saw it in an car magazine,not wheels but it featured classic cars.The had trouble with the engine they got a small block.by the looks of it the production class.
      12. The Gt90 is a bit queer.But that bently looks mind blowingly fast.Though it looks like an Audi R8.
      13. That is a shame,I was really hanging out for that game.
      14. saw at a a motor show looks real nice
      15. Can someone tell me the release date of gt mobile.I have been waiting for 2 years now
      16. AU5513 is setting up an email account

        1. Ok i will tell him he doesn't have a computer we are roomates
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