| theholycow |
05-08-2008 04:40 AM |
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Originally Posted by brucepick
(Post 98612)
Lots of dealers and maybe some US automakers could go under due to thinking they could survive by selling gas hogs to the marketplace.
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Why? They thrived! Or, do you mean that they could go under if they don't modify their strategy from here on in?
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Instead, they should have been real leaders and told people they should buy true gas sippers. Should have built them too. Silly Detroit boys.
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Telling the consumer what to buy is a terrible idea from any point of view other than that of a busybody or a company with a monopoly. Building true gas sippers is fine, but building too many would have been a death sentence for any manufacturer who did; they never would have survived until now when it's much more feasible. They built what the market would buy.
Except in a monopolistic market, the buyers are in control. |