The 2009 Tokyo Motor Show already has its back against the ropes – with Japan’s Automobile Manufacturers’ Association considering canceling the show entirely – and the Detroit Three may have just landed the final haymaker to knock the show out.
According to Automotive News, General Motors and Chrysler have already withdrawn from the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show, with Ford poised to make a similar decision.
The decision to skip the 2009 TMS is a direct result of the slumping market and recent government bailout, with GM and Chrysler releasing very similar statements. “If you really look at the business conditions that we are in right now, where we really have to make a bang out of every buck we spend, it’s simply a business decision,” Rick Brown, president of GM Asia Pacific, told Automotive News.
Echoing that statement, Chrysler spokesperson Kaori Beppu said: “Chrysler decided, under the current challenges and market situation the company faces, to pull out of TMS in 2009 in order to secure limited resources invested efficiently on activities necessary to sustain our business.”
Ford has yet to make an announcement on its show plans, but the Dearborn automaker has reportedly missed the registration deadline for the October show. JAMA is expected to make a decision on whether or not the show will go on early next month.
Japan’s Nissan, Suzuki and Mitsubishi all skipped the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, although Mitsubishi’s Detroit-are dealers put on a small exhibit at the show.
01/14, 4:45 PM
posted by:
Dangerous1
If someone decides the show must go on, there still should be plenty of manufacturers attending. How many GM, Ford & Chrysler vehicles are sold in Japan anyway?
01/14, 4:52 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Invite the Chinese and bill it as a comedy festival.
01/14, 4:57 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
@ Dangerous1…, you could not have said it better…
01/14, 5:05 PM
posted by:
Mutant@DCX
In other news Japan: New movie coming out starring Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi .
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wax on, wax off
01/14, 5:13 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
It’s not like we have anything crazy enough to be entered into the Tokyo show anyway. All of the D3 concepts look somewhat normal still. We have yet to make a really nice wheelchair and call it a “car”.
01/14, 5:32 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
It’s not that GM, Ford, and Chrysler dont want to go, but the Tokyo Motor SHow has a rule that all cars must look like gay happy insects, and nothing they have fits the bill.
01/14, 8:07 PM
posted by:
darx_ider
Dangerous1, thank you for reading my mind!
01/14, 8:08 PM
posted by:
andy
lol mayer_ray
01/15, 4:27 AM
posted by:
fordman
The closest thing the big three have to gay,happy insects is the Ford Flex,new Fusion and new Taurass!
01/15, 5:02 AM
posted by:
Bankruptcy2009
I love my Chevy. Too bad The Chevy that I own is nothing but a P.O.S. and I would just like to have it taken to the Junk yard. Crunched up melted down and turn into something useful like tin soup cans or something.
01/15, 5:50 AM
posted by:
bimmer_mann_18
They don’t want to take their jets over and get criticized. Oh well, that’s their loss
01/15, 10:20 AM
posted by:
Z06ified
The Japanese don’t buy from the Big Three anyway, so that show is a total waste of money for them. The only American items the Japanese buy are Boeing jets, Jack Daniels, Marlboro, rice, and Levis. Cars? No way.
01/15, 1:35 PM
posted by:
bigjimid
Good. They drop out of the NAIAS, we drop out of the TMS.
01/15, 7:29 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
At least they have Jack Daniel’s. That’s progress.