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Don't rule it out altogether, or India for that matter.
Bottom line is, because they need cash, Ford is dumping them, and both countries' auto industries are itching to get over here.
More than likely the Swedes will buy it back.
Ford is actually being smart here. They will keep a 20% position in Volvo,which will allow them to continue to share development costs and utilize Volvo's technology.
At the same time,they can take advantage of Volvo's brand equity.
I'd rather see the Sweede's buy it back. I don't like the idea of China or India getting their tentacles in our country.
"SAIC-GM-Wuling, the General Motors mini-vehicle joint venture in Southwestern China, has opened a $266 million engine plant in Guanxi province with an annual capacity of 300,000 engines.
The venture has been one of GM's better global investments."
GM and China Partners Invest $266 Million
-Rocky
I agree with the sentiment, although I don't know many folks from the coasts other than a few who identify themselves here on Edmunds. And most of us on Edmunds are not typical car owners/buyers.
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Has what happened with Delphi affected the UAW and its view of what they can gain (keep) in heavy negotiations or an actual strike?
What about the IUE plants, i.e., Moraine. Are they completely separate in their negotiations and contract end dates?
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Unfortunately most drivers have never visited the last two thirds of their accelerator pedal so they dribble onto the parkways at 35 or 40 endangering themselves and oncoming traffic. :mad:
True Confession: Perhaps it's because I come from the NY area but I still floor it when merging onto any limited access highway (assuming the ramp is straight enough to see
if the entry's clear) and it's been quite a few years since I've seen nineteen.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Yeah of course it has a major effect. The Delphi UAW workers made almost as much as their GM counterparts on the assembly line and when the GM UAWers got the
shaft (mainly because of the new people that didn't want to strike) it put the GM UAWers in a bad situation with no mommentum. I guess the good thing is the GM UAW workers are mainly made up of veterans of Delphi & GM, and will have the guts to strike if negotiations break down.
-Rocky
Do you or a loved one work in one of those transplants ???? Making an assumption like that is pretty bold when their are ex employees that will go on the record and tell you something different. Also their is a great deal of current employees that will go on the record but will remain anonymous that will tell you the opposite of what you are saying. :confuse:
-Rocky
Like that will happen.
-Rocky
You must be out driving the wheels off your Accord, before the weather gets cold (60 degrees). :P
-Rocky
Step-dad thinks after these folks get called back from the Coopersville, Mi. Delphi plant that closed he thinks they are going to hire again to have enough folks to build all the new products their plant has contracts for.
I handed in a resume last week but I just modified it and listed all my relatives that once worked at the plant less than a mile from my house here in Wyoming, Mi.
Well I need to get some sleep as I've been awake job hunting this early morning through the help wanted classifieds in the newspaper and applying for jobs that are below me but "a mans gotta do, what a mans gotta do" well for the time being. :sick:
-Rocky
Saab and Volvo, once known for their great strides in the advancement of automotive safety, will be indifferently manufactured conveyences of greatly diminished quality that would compromise the safety of the driver and other occupants. I can see a Chinese-made Volvo in an accident with a Chevrolet Aveo. The Aveo driver will walk away with a few bruises while the driver of the Volvo, who at one time would've emerged unscathed, will look like somebody vomited all over the interior - identifiable only by a few teeth and his DNA.
Later I checked into visiting the Camry assembly plant in Georgetown where some dissatisfaction from the workers there with no union and easy dismissals has presented itself in the national news. The plant tour video on Toyota's own site for the plant showed workers moving at very quick paces; so fast they make wonder if they can keep it up for an 8-hour shift.
As for the Georgetown plant and its partnership with management, I wonder if that's true when they have many part time people and the number is increasing. I'm not wanting to counter gsemike's comments but I want to question if there's a media-induced image that's not true or never true. I notice in re some of the public Camry problems now Toyota threw in the "we're constantly improving our product" mantra as a part of the PR. Perhaps it's in this link
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That is why Saab/Volvo got bought in the first place. Now a company like Porsche can do it because they sell in the high dollars and there is enough profit because of a lack of real competition up there.
I do not think that Saab or Volvo can ever make it on their own. And no current OEM (sorry, talking current major brands like MB, BMW, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota,Honda) is going to buy them. Perhaps Nissan/Renault would buy Volvo??
The original design of the Parkway was fine, but it was built for a state with the half the population of today's New Jersey.
I really do like the car. I haven't seen one in person yet, but on paper and on my monitor it looks really nice.
Ford has gotten billions worth of R&D out of Volvo,not the other way around.
What Volvo recieved was a way to spread development costs around.
No, Volvo has never cost Ford a dime to operate,unlike Jag which has lost Ford well over a billion dollars.
I'd rather see the Sweede's buy it back. I don't like the idea of China or India getting their tentacles in our country.
Unlike Jag,Ford wants real money for Volvo. Something like $8 BILLION. i doubt that any Chinese or Indian auto company has that kind of dough.
Remember, they could have picked up Aston Martin for a billion and didn't.
This mitigates some of the risk.
Hang in there. When I was laid off last time (4 months) I did like Lemko; just didn't place resumes for jobs I really wanted. I applied at any / all places for jobs I had skills for, like parts stores, Home Depots, mail rooms, anywhere. I finally landed a gig at a gen-set place; we used GM Vortec engines and Cat/Perkins engines for generator sets. Hopefully something will pop soon.
Back to Delphi:
I still don't like that deal about the bonuses. I think that's some BULL-SHUCKS. Reward those that cause the issues in the first place. But I guess since they "made the numbers" it's all gravy baby. I do like the diversification though.
Back in the mid 90's Jaguar was flying high.
Sales were ok,profits were there. The cars even had good build quality.
what happened was that someone at Ford or PAG decided that Jaguar needed to be a full range brand,like BMW, Mercedes,Audi etc.
Jag had no history of doing this.
Also, there was no money to develop unique products for Jag.
Hence the S Type that was co-developed with Lincoln,and the X-Type that was a badge engineered Mondeo.
-Rocky
-Rocky
That is the only company, I could see buying them outside of the chinese. However a Volvo, is a close enough competitor to Infiniti, right ? I guess Infiniti, couldbe more like BMW, while Volvo, is more like Lexus ?????
I think volvo, actually would work very well for chrysler, since they lack a premium brand and they are one company that couldfit volvo, in their portfolio and make chrysler, become more Buick-ish, Lincoln-ish, what do y'all think ?????
-Rocky
-Rocky
The bottom line is I think Saab, will be a healthier company than Volvo, because Ford is going to focus it's attention on it's core brands to get them turned arouned and I'm afraid Volvo, might get neglected. The current S60 and S40 really need to be re done to keep up with the times. Just my $0.02...........
-Rocky
I suppose GM, could buy them and have barges like Chevy Impala, Five-Hundred/Montego like vehicles out of the S80 :P :P :P :P
-Rocky
Hey Rock, I will when I get the chance. I figure I'll wait another week our two to make sure my local dealer has several in stock.
The biggest obstacle is my ex-wife to be has destroyed my credit making those jobs requiring credit checks well lost oppertunity's even though my national security clearance is still current until November. I guess they do not look any further to find out the reason why ??????
I probably don't have the skills, education, and work experience like both of you guys. Going on 7 years I've carried firearms for my bread and butter and that's my specialty. I however would be happy getting a job like at Delphi, if I could get an apprenticeship. A college education with a major like in "business administration" doesn't pay squat like it did in years past unfortunately.
The Delphi, bonuses are a bunch of crap. :mad: They just got some last year as $78 million was distributed around at the top. I guess the top dogs are still eating well while the small fry are getting scraps.
-Rocky
a group of auto writers in a heated tent under extremely tight security.
We signed many papers, and all of them had lots of fine print, pledging we
would not utter a word of what was going on here, for fear of eternal
damnation. GM was in the middle of its fiscal problems, and someone in PR
had the bright idea of giving journalists a view of the top-secret future
(car) model-wise through the year 2010 and beyond. If they could do it, it
appeared that the General had a future.
Now some of those vehicles are, as promised, coming to market, and at GM, a
new era might just be dawning. GM shares were recently upgraded to "buy" by
an analyst at Citi. Further, the company surprised the auto world by
posting a sales gain in August – when everyone was expecting a decline.
We think CEO Rick Wagoner has done an outstanding job in trying to turn the
big auto firm around. If he can secure a favorable health care deal with
the United Auto Workers in the ongoing contract talks, and keep GM on the
road to new and better products, we think he will become one of the top, if
not THE top, auto industry execs in the world. Not to mention the person
who saved a few thousand jobs.
Wagoner's on a roll, and if the bottom line continues to improve for GM and
its shareholders, he should be considered in the same hero spotlight
afforded Carlos Ghosn in recent years. Perhaps more so, because righting
the big ship GM is a heck of a lot harder task than turning around Renault
and Nissan.
-Rocky
This just breaks my heart. :sick:
-Rocky
big auto firm around. If he can secure a favorable health care deal with
the United Auto Workers in the ongoing contract talks, and keep GM on the
road to new and better products, we think he will become one of the top, if
not THE top, auto industry execs in the world.
He and GM are gradually shifting vehicle design and production out of the U.S. If I recall correctly, quantity of U.S. GM workers and union members are going down year after year. GM may be in better position in next contract talks to dictate to the Union.
Also, health benefits may not be an issue when next contract talk cycle comes up (after 2007). If American voters elect Clinton, no one will ever have to worry about health care in the U.S. She said that she learned a lot from her 1993 experience on health programs and has the correct approach today.
Oh sure, no worries at all!!LOL
Can you tell us which production went out of the US since Wagoner took over? The only one I can think of the Astra which is not even here yet. Oh , yea the GTO which is now gone.
The other plants in Canada and Mexico were already there. There is a new plant in Mexico but it will sell mostly Mexican bound compact/subcompact cars and supposedly none will come here. And it will only build about 50,000 cars per year.
I can agree on the vehicle design but there is still a heck of a lot here. Maybe 20% went to the other engineering centers.