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Originally Posted by Saturn69

I just called the local Toyota dealer, Toyota of Bellevue. They have 40 Corollas, none stickering lower than $17K, the majority lie between $19K and $21K. They have about 4 Yaris' and 1 Prius. Low? Sure, on the Prius and Yaris, but definitely not out of Corollas.

GM management did not put GM in a bad position by selling trucks. Buyers wanted trucks and SUV's because gas was (well, still is) cheap, so GM made them. You can't blame them for doing so, heck, Toyota even spent tons and tons of money to redesign the Tundra/Sequoia AND build a new factory for them so Toyota could get in on the action. The only thing GM did was what every other major player did - even Porsche- and that was to make what people wanted. Now, gas prices are up and so everyone expects the auto manufacturers to change gears instantly. Not gonna happen. You're criticizing GM for something that Toyota does, too. Why is it we expect GM to switch over instantly while we ignore all the Lexus' that get less than 30mpg that Toyota sells? How about all the RX350's? The LX470's? They get terrible fuel economy, lower than GM SUV's but still you hate on GM and praise Toyota. Someone has to build trucks, some people still need them. All this is just more "I hate my country" media spin. If anything kills GM it will be the sheeple that believe all this crap.

Let see gm management did not put gm in bad shape because people wanted only trucks and suvs. Well what other option did they have. you can buy crapy cavalier or that old crapy malibu it looked like a** You could buy that beautifull grand prix. or you could buy chevy tahoe and siverado and blazer that they advertised on tv everyday and plus you will get big incentive in buying one. What sane person wanted crapy cavlier or old malibu grand prix and so on.