Comments on: Ford to idle Michigan SUV plant for nine weeks

By: NoNameDenton1

NoNameDenton1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:57:52 +0000

Do these non-shocking stories really count as news?

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:00:58 +0000

Remember for a while we used to get so many articles about Chinese cars? Whatever happened to those? And since most of them were a bigger piece of junk than what’s at the bottom of Shanghai Harbour it felt good to pick on someone else for a while.

By: TomF

TomF — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:38:28 +0000

Even after nine weeks, there will be mountains of nearly new, slightly used, distress-priced SUVs in the marketplace … for sale by suburban numbskulls who’ve suddenly realized they can’t cover SUV costs, groceries and the mortgage all at once. They will let those Tahoes and Expeditions go for a song… or fraction thereof.

You would have to be drunk and stupid to pony up $50k for a new Navigator when you can have your pick of 18-month-old ones for $20k.

That glut is what will kill this market segment for good. Thank GOD.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:35:11 +0000

jumpoffit, if they could read they would not pay union dues.

By: shaver

shaver — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:27:34 +0000

Shouldnt they be converting these to produce seats or windshield wipers for Toyota or Honda to help them keep up with demand.

By: brassmonkey

brassmonkey — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:23:24 +0000

Whoa. This is the first I have heard about high gas prices on LLN. Do they have any articles on the Mustang or Camaro?

By: jumpoffit

jumpoffit — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:12:48 +0000

time to bring out that War and Peace novel to read since these workers will be off for 9 weeks…

By: inline6

inline6 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:02:07 +0000

Sales of pickups and SUVs are nowhere near “record lows”. I’m sorry, but that assertion is just inaccurate.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:35:23 +0000

I suppose LLN has to keep putting the disclaimer about rising fuel prices and slow SUV sales on this and similar articles just in case some first timer from the planet Lobotomy stumbles across the site while searching for their homeworld.

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:26:45 +0000

“Sales of each of the large SUVs fell by 37 and 43 percent”
As far as I’m concerned they need to fall 100%. Nobody needs to be buying these pos’s, if you absolutely NEED an SUV, buy one of the 100’s of thousands of used suv’s for sale.

By: xyunya

xyunya — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:15:39 +0000

Since there are no signs of large pickups and SUVs sales going up, they might as well put a lock on this door.