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Old 08-15-2006, 05:44 PM
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Default 2005 Bestsellers

1-Ford F-Series
901,463

2-Chevrolet Silverado
705,891

3-Toyota Camry
433,703

Dodge Ram
400,543

Honda Accord
369,293

Honda Civic
308,415

Nissan Altima
255,371

Chevrolet Impala
246,481

Chevrolet Malibu
245,861

Chevrolet TrailBlazer
244,150
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and GM's hurting? I don't understnad...
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1, 2 and 4 are light trucks.. some bought for commercial use.

That leaves the Toyota on top.
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still, with sales figures like that, and having 4 of the top 10, how the hell can they be hurting that bad?
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If you count all the different versions of trailblazers -GMC,Buick,Olds,Sabb, I know there's one more but I forget , I know it has a 10 year, 100,000 mile so it's gotta be rice of some sort. Anyway the TB would be and should be further up that list
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I never understood way they group all the F Series together to make it show they out sell the Silverado. But when you put the Silverado and Sierra toghter it beats the F Series.
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GM's hurting because it needs to sell these vehicles at very small profit margins in order to move the volume. Take into consideration how expensive it is in labor for GM to make each vehicle, and then add in the benefits it is paying to all of it's retired labor force and you start to understand how they are in a hole.

Hopefully GM will rebound, re-negotiate their Union agreements and come out with better product for better prices and be #1 again.
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Originally Posted by The Alchemist
GM's hurting because it needs to sell these vehicles at very small profit margins in order to move the volume. Take into consideration how expensive it is in labor for GM to make each vehicle, and then add in the benefits it is paying to all of it's retired labor force and you start to understand how they are in a hole.

Hopefully GM will rebound, re-negotiate their Union agreements and come out with better product for better prices and be #1 again.
They lost quite a bit with the "pay what we pay" program- on every car.

"The company made only $213 on average on each of the 5.4 million cars and trucks it sold in North America last year. That compares with $1,472 for Toyota a year earlier."




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