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Old 05-09-2008, 09:18 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: How Will UAW Strike Impact Chevy Malibu? Should GM Redirect ($$$) Shoppers To Imp

Remove all incentives on the Malibu and try to put some money on the Impala to move them (unless they are willing to pay full price for a Malibu). I don't know where the Aura is built, but hopefully they can move them too.

I hope dealers have a good supply, and I hope that GM moves production of the Malibu to Mexico. We don't deserve the plant here if we go on strike this often during a slowdown in the economy....the entitlement attitude has hurt us pretty bad.

The dealerships that sell a lof of Malibus can send their lower level models to the slower dealers in exchange for the higher end models.....GM might as well get a high trasaction price for their cars while the supply demand curve pushes that.

GM also needs to make sure that dealeships have a good supply of Impalas and higher end Cobalts to pick up the slack. (Cobalt LTZ and Cobalt SS Sedan) It might be a good idea to divert G6 production at that other plant to Malibu almost 100% Malibu production to clear out G6 supplies. That would put GM in a position where they have some staying power over this strike.

If the UAW must go on strike, then they should do it at the Silverado/Suburban/Tahoe plant.
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