I was angry about Saturn from the beginning and thought it was a hoax. I watched GM support it while starving Oldsmobile and their other brands, all the while losing billions. I listened to idiots touting the "one price" selling strategy, while GM l…
Marcie,
I don't know how original the GM ploy is. Lee Iacocca and Chrysler had a similar program. I have nightmares about the paperwork to this day. As a practical matter, very few vehicles were returned, even though some Chryslers of the day were…
This could have been predicted when Chrysler and GM had to exit leasing and instead focused on longer term finance contracts. The fact that the imports have a volume short term leases they can cycle more quickly gives them a tremendous advantage in…
This whole collector car thing has been boom and bust for as long as I've been watching. I got heavily involved in it after Enzo Ferrari died and his cars went through the roof.
The Ferrari boom drug along other collector cars, including American m…
Dealers tell me the program would be a lot more effective if they could get paid the clunker incentives by the government. The program has put a terrible strain on dealers already short of working capital.
However, as is usually the case, "We have…
The Cash for Clunkers government initiative is arguably the remarketing industry's most important program for the post-credit-crisis era. This group explores the program and its ramifications.
After additional research, I am surprised to find out that I have been wrong about my assumptions of current year pre-owned and 1 year old pre-owned values. It made sense to me that C4C would have put downward pressure on their values, but they have…
ts hard to figure out what is going on with pre-owned values short term. In the big picture we are experiencing a shortage. During C4C many late model vehicles have taken a dive. A proper disparity between the price of new and a year old pre-owned m…