Ford got killed becasue a large part of their busness is pickup trucks. People stopped buying pickup trucks becasue they are gas guzzlers.
People did not neessarily stop buying cars when gas went up, they stopped buying gas guzzling cars when gas went up. On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The actual reason the auto industry is crashing now is that gas rose > to over 4 dollars a barrel, and people stopped buying cars. > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Won Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No. The reason the US automotive industry is in the steaming pile there > > are in right now are > > > > 1) They make an inferior product > > 2) Legacy costs > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279753 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
