I never thought I would see that, “slumping pickup sales.” Amazing…

Figures

Gas is too high for all the fakers to be buying trucks

As well, even if gas prices drop or stabilize, there would be anxiety over how long they would stay that way. And I agree with jackjimturkey, the “novelty” of owning a pick up for those that don’t actually need one is wearing off.

well that sucks…

Sorry “jjt”, it’s the failing housing market and real truck buyers that are causing this problem, not the posers or gas prices.

in VA where my dad works, gas is $2.55 at least. but again they will rise…

Impulsive: yeah,, how could I forget THAT. The hosuing slump is hurting everybody (but buyers).

How come no comments fro GM_Sales yet? He was sying the other day that Ford trucks are going down and GM can’t make enough trucks. Where are you now, douchebag?

LLN already ran this story? The only way this is different is that now they are painting a grim picture of low demand and yadayadayady. Truth is, GM already said they were gonna do this and they are smart to do it so that they don’t get stuck with a bunch of unsold inventory. Also, EVERYONEs pickup sales are low, not just GMs. GM is NOT doing this because of competition… they have none in this segment except the F-150.

lol@Bimmer

“Commodore”, at some level competition is to blame (Tundra) as explained by Hargrove. Supposedly 85% of the trucks built at the plant go to the US. But the majority of the slowdown, as he explains, is attributed the housing failure.

.. attributed to the …

I can’t wait to se how GM_Sales spins this news! “They are cutting a shift due to our surging sales and superior quality!!!!”

GM has probably been waiting to do this. With their declining truck sales, it’s the perfect opportunity. I beleive GM is trying to move aways from the concept of making vehicles just to keep workers working and the unions happy. Now with a reduced focus on trucks, some of that saved money can go to the development of their passenger cars. It seems like a obvious step.

I work right next to this plant.

That plant is full of inbred rednecks. I’m glad they are getting canned. Yeeehaw.

Why do you have to turn this into race bashing. What proud race do you come from CornerCarver?

impulsive – Tundra is a VERY VERY small piece of the puzzle of what’s going on in the market. I’d like to consider myself unbiased, so I’m willing to admit that the new Tundra is hundreds of miles better than the old one, however, I still maintain that the domestics do trucks better.

GM put millions of dollars into these trucks to save their bacon. And ignored cars.

Now cars are selling….and we get the Malibu.

Fire Wagoner and Lutz.

CornerCarver flips burgers at the McDonalds next to this plant. He is angry at the GM workers because GM turned him down 14 times when he applied for the job as “bolt runner” to bring screws to the assembly line. He was mentally underqualified.

i live in huntington beach where every other ****sucker you see has spiky black hair, a goatee, hyper-gay tatoos and a ****ING PICKUP! it’s amazing how easy follow-the-leader can be. they thought it would last forever. now what are they gonna do to impress eachother?

“Commodore”, exclude the Tundra sales and things MAY have turned out differently. And I did say “at some level”, not “solely due to”. This isn’t an issue of imports vs. domestics … as I understand it, isn’t this line of trucks selling 30% better than same period a year ago? But if this situation was teetering to begin with (keeping the line going and offering incentives), the Tundra (to some degree) and, more importantly, the downturn in the housing sector pushed things into a “no-go” scenario.

Commodore: I concur. Drove the new Tundra not long ago, and was impressed by how well-put together it seemed. Now, i didn’t do any “truck stuff” in it, and of course they gave me a flawless tester, but I think this is a huge improvement over the last tundra, and can see the Silverado and F150 as discernable shapes, rather than tiny dots in its windshield.

Leozug: i’ve never been impressed by Huntington beach, and you’re not making it look better to me.

General Motors, the leader in truck sales, is certainly in a better position than the competition. If sales were down due to quality concerns, this article would mirror that of one on GM cars. Market conditions are poor, that’s all. The trucks are still successful.

And 200,000 Tundra aales would have an impact if all of the sales were being taken from GM. They’re being taken from Nissan and Dodge first, then Ford, GMC, and Chevrolet.

duetche and douche sound too similar, hmmmmmm i wonder………..

Toyota Tundra sales did not increase by 200,000 – they have only increased 75,000 from the previous year (assuming they sell every truck they can build).
Of those 75,000 – more “conquest” sales would have come from Nissan, Dodge and Ford since the GM versions are new and just as good or better.

better

I guess the message to the CAW is …. HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!