Comments on: GM to build 1500-series crew cab trucks at Flint plant http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alsvw http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-487391 alsvw Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:59:55 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-487391 cool, atleast it will not be made in mexico, canada, or japan. gmc makes some of the best trucks out of the big3 and toyota junk and nissan trucks. cool, atleast it will not be made in mexico, canada, or japan. gmc makes some of the best trucks out of the big3 and toyota junk and nissan trucks.

]]> By: ajm11 http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-487341 ajm11 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:23:42 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-487341 Need more oil for GM, get a life. Try reading CR for the full size truck segment. The top 3 trucks in that segment are GM, Ford and Dodge. Nissan and Toyota are the worst ranked. GM does make very good vehicles depending on which ones you are looking at. The Cadillac CTS is very well made. The SRX looks like it will do well. JD Power ranked Buick as number tied with Jaguar for best 3 year customer satisfication as well as Buick tops the charts in initial quaility. To be entirely honest, the first car I would look at if I was going to buy a car these days would probably be a Buick Allure (LaCrosse in the U.S.). That is an incredible looking vehicle with the quality to back it up. But I am not in the market for a car and my next turn will most likely be a Duramax Sierra. Need more oil for GM, get a life. Try reading CR for the full size truck segment. The top 3 trucks in that segment are GM, Ford and Dodge. Nissan and Toyota are the worst ranked. GM does make very good vehicles depending on which ones you are looking at. The Cadillac CTS is very well made. The SRX looks like it will do well. JD Power ranked Buick as number tied with Jaguar for best 3 year customer satisfication as well as Buick tops the charts in initial quaility. To be entirely honest, the first car I would look at if I was going to buy a car these days would probably be a Buick Allure (LaCrosse in the U.S.). That is an incredible looking vehicle with the quality to back it up. But I am not in the market for a car and my next turn will most likely be a Duramax Sierra.

]]> By: fan http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-487053 fan Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:27:04 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-487053 like it or not... trucks that size are a dying species... or at least a severely diminuishing one. apart from some blow hard rednecks and some contractors, hardly any one will be buying those in, lets say, 2 years time. good for GM if they extract some money out of the people who are still willing to opt for those vehicles, good for GM if they consolidate their inefficient plants... but be aware that if this their plan for the future, they're as doomed as ever... like it or not… trucks that size are a dying species… or at least a severely diminuishing one. apart from some blow hard rednecks and some contractors, hardly any one will be buying those in, lets say, 2 years time. good for GM if they extract some money out of the people who are still willing to opt for those vehicles, good for GM if they consolidate their inefficient plants… but be aware that if this their plan for the future, they’re as doomed as ever…

]]> By: Need more oil for GM jackass http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-487027 Need more oil for GM jackass Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:34:11 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-487027 GM= Peice of crap. They should have killed it all just like Pontiac. Trucks look stupid. I will always buy foreign. That's what Consumer Reports says. I will drink the foreign kool-aid if COnsumer Reports says to. Go Lexus and Honda. Go Daihatsu and Yugo. No go GM or Buick. Pieces of crap. GM= Peice of crap. They should have killed it all just like Pontiac. Trucks look stupid. I will always buy foreign. That’s what Consumer Reports says. I will drink the foreign kool-aid if COnsumer Reports says to. Go Lexus and Honda. Go Daihatsu and Yugo. No go GM or Buick. Pieces of crap.

]]> By: RaineMan http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-486937 RaineMan Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:20:06 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-486937 Amen Stig! The first manufacturer to market with a diesel 150/1500 pickup will win big. I just wonder if they are holding off on doing it because they are afraid of losing sales of 250/2500 trucks. I know quite a few guys who stepped up to the "Super/Heavy Duty" trucks simply to get the diesel. Amen Stig!

The first manufacturer to market with a diesel 150/1500 pickup will win big.

I just wonder if they are holding off on doing it because they are afraid of losing sales of 250/2500 trucks. I know quite a few guys who stepped up to the “Super/Heavy Duty” trucks simply to get the diesel.

]]> By: The Stig http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-486865 The Stig Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:50:30 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-486865 Great, now put the 4500 Duramax in it so more people will buy it. Great, now put the 4500 Duramax in it so more people will buy it.

]]> By: armstealer http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-486843 armstealer Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:19:40 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-486843 Remember when American labor was expensive? Good for Flint, MI certainly needs it. But sorry for Oshawa, I'm sure they need it too. IF they made $1100 on each truck, this would only take 19,000 trucks to pay for. It's more like losing $1100 on each, but it's hard to divide a negative into a positive and get a positive. "We lose a little bit on every vehicle we sell, so we're trying to make it up in volume." Remember when American labor was expensive? Good for Flint, MI certainly needs it. But sorry for Oshawa, I’m sure they need it too.
IF they made $1100 on each truck, this would only take 19,000 trucks to pay for. It’s more like losing $1100 on each, but it’s hard to divide a negative into a positive and get a positive.

“We lose a little bit on every vehicle we sell, so we’re trying to make it up in volume.”

]]> By: DenverGuy217 http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-486799 DenverGuy217 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:50:25 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-486799 Great news for Flint let's hope the market for GM pickups starts to pick up and the union workers learned something from the past and don't start making unreasonable demands Great news for Flint let’s hope the market for GM pickups starts to pick up and the union workers learned something from the past and don’t start making unreasonable demands

]]> By: NavinRJohnson http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-486791 NavinRJohnson Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:28:57 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-486791 It's nice to see Flint retaining and possibly increasing jobs for a change.....they can certainly use it. It’s nice to see Flint retaining and possibly increasing jobs for a change…..they can certainly use it.

]]> By: A4 http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-to-build-1500-series-crew-cab-trucks-at-flint-plant.html#comment-486775 A4 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:56:33 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=21362#comment-486775 Well this sounds like a certain improvement in efficiency considering it is essentially just an exercise in plant consolidation. Well this sounds like a certain improvement in efficiency considering it is essentially just an exercise in plant consolidation.

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