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General Motors' sales rebound in September, rise 19 per cent (economictimes.indiatimes.com)
And drum roll for 2014.............17.8%
GM to make profit in Europe, hit N. American margin target in 2016 (Reuters)
http://www.leftlanenews.com/ignition-switch-fund-approves-27-death-claims-double-gms-count.html
http://www.autonews.com/article/20141020/OEM11/141029993/deaths-linked-to-gm-ignition-switch-defect-rise-to-29
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/28/chrysler-fiat-quality-chief-out-after-another-poor-consumer-repo/ http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/28/detroit-3-small-cars-lay-an-egg-in-latest-consumer-reports-relia/
As for my '14 Ram, I'm at 25k miles and have yet to have a repair. Uconnect has been nearly flawless and 99% of the time is very responsive to my commands. So I'm happy so far.
If it becomes troublesome, I'll get rid of it. Only problem is I don't see another pickup I'd rather own. The new f150 is interesting, but I don't like the styling all that much.
While the Tundra is nearly bullet proof, I don't like how they drive. The steering feel and response reminds me of the '75 Buick Regal I had in HS;)
Fiat's doing well, GM is holding its own. I bet Ford is really nervous about the new "aluminun" pickup, especially with cheap gas right now.
Ford, VW October Sales Down Again (24/7 Wall St)
by Hyunda and Kia on their customers. $750 million so far in costs to the company.
"Hyundai and Kia cheated on their mileage claims by “cherry-picking data,” Mr. Holder said. Federal officials said Hyundai engineers used data collected from cars that had improper tires and while running certain tests with the benefit of a tail wind." WSJ
If the companies will present fraudulant data for their cars, how many other ways have
they done things in their vehicles that are not right.
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Cadillac is doing real well! New World Standard, I guess!
Still I don't think it compares to this story from today:
"NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co ordered half a million replacement ignition switches almost two months before it alerted federal safety regulators of the issues that prompted a recall of millions of vehicles, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing email exchanges between the automaker and its supplier Delphi Automotive Plc .".....
"This is simply mind-blowing in its raw evilness," said Bob Hilliard, lead counsel for the personal injury and wrongful death plaintiffs in the Federal Multi District Litigation against General Motors.
"GM should have notified its customers immediately to take all weight off of their keychains. By the time GM actually ordered these parts, it had to have already spent months making the decision to place the order," Hilliard said in a statement.
Another 14 and they'll catch up with Jeep. Well, actually 21, counting the Liberty fires too.
Chrysler ramps up effort to fix recalled Jeep SUVs (Detroit News)
Makes gas mileage fraud incidental, don't you think???
Makes gas mileage fraud incidental, don't you think???
You see, I agree that HyunKia's fraud on gas mileage is shameful. As was Toyota's handling of the unintended acceleration problem (though most of that problem seemed to be low pedal placement rather than any other true defect in the cars). But to me, these GM death issues are the worst of all - more people died, and the company truly knew about the problem for a long, long time. This is worse than all of those Toyota and Hyundai items.
I know we are all partisan to some degree, and depending upon any person's favorite brand, they may or may not like people making negative citations on their favorite brands. But IMHO the GM issues are more of a shame because as the home team's biggest member, I want to hold them to a higher bar and they've failed miserably in the past. With that, I do think they're getting better and Mary seems to be doing a good job. But she is working with what she has, and that's decades of a certain corporate DNA that is not easy to fix.
I know I don't post much about Chrysler/Fiat because I consider them kind of a lost cause as an original D3 company. And Ford - well they at least were prudent enough to not need the largess of the American taxpayer, and for a while they seemed to be doing pretty well on reliability (which has now apparently changed for the worse). And at least their vehicles for the most part are more innovative and fun to drive (in my opinion) than GM's , at least in the segments where I am most interested, which is smaller to midsized cars.
That tells the whole story.
GM Discloses More Fatalities, Faces Questions Amid Email Revelation http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2014/11/gm-discloses-fatalities-faces-questions-amid-email-revelation/
Your last sentence is telling, "If the companies will present fraudulent data for their cars, how many other ways have they done things in their vehicles that are not right."
What else has GM "hidden"?
General Motors Is Sued by Arizona for $3 Billion Over Recalls http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/20/business/arizona-sues-gm-for-3-billion-over-recalls.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2
Honda underreported 1,729 deaths and injuries http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/24/news/companies/honda-underreport-deaths-injuries/index.html?iid=HP_LN
http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2014/12/11/gm-car-crash-victim-candice-anderson-cleared-of-felony-charge.cnnmoney/index.html?iid=HP_LN
npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/12/23/372729203/number-of-cars-earning-top-safety-awards-nearly-doubles
Well I spoiled the sleeping topic, so I'll apologize for pointing out the bias and let it go back to sleep.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-fines-honda-70-million-for-failing-to-report-safety-issues-1420740250
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The new year is off to a busy start.
But I know how it works here.
Now we can talk about the ignition recall claims.
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I believe, more than ever, that more accidents occur as a result of driving with no lights on than due to any recall by any manufacturer. I constantly sees cars driving at night with no lights on--the other night, a new Chrysler 200. If you have automatic lights, why wouldn't you leave them set on 'auto' all the time? I guess I'm a little jaded as my Chevys of over ten years have all had daylight running lights, which makes it impossible to have zero headlights on, ever. Seems pretty basic to me.
I see varied brands go by in morning or evening with no lights. I saw a car that I thought was a Ford Explorer with no lights the other evening. Strange.
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Outside all the time as well.
No auto lights but DRL.
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