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I do believe this is one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. After the 6 speed tranny joint venture, GM has approached ford about combining powertrain R&D to reduce costs. Maybe consolidation is the only way to survive.

http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080804/AUTO01/808040378/1148

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I find the idea of the joint venture encouraging in a time when the industry is suffering badly. Development of new technologies benefits everyone involved right down to the consumer and raises the bar for the development of new technologies. As a country we definitely need to accelerate our efforts in new powertrains, fuels and rethink transportation in general. I hope that Ford and GM follow through with this and I definately would not consider this "the end."

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I do believe this is one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. After the 6 speed tranny joint venture, GM has approached ford about combining powertrain R&D to reduce costs. Maybe consolidation is the only way to survive.

http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080804/AUTO01/808040378/1148

 

Check my post from a while back about the future American Motors Corporation...

 

http://www.forddoctorsdts.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=14575&page=1#Post14575

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I find the idea of the joint venture encouraging in a time when the industry is suffering badly. Development of new technologies benefits everyone involved right down to the consumer and raises the bar for the development of new technologies. As a country we definitely need to accelerate our efforts in new powertrains, fuels and rethink transportation in general. I hope that Ford and GM follow through with this and I definately would not consider this "the end."
I meant that this is the beginning of the end of separate companies. They will end up combining to survive. That will mean cutting ½ of the management and I suspect at least 1/3 of production and distribution facilities. It is always darkest before the dawn, and we are a fair bit away from the dawn. The credit crunch, high fuel prices, changing consumer taste, and the housing collapse in the US are not done with these companies, far from it. At our level it will mean major consolidation of dealers. How many towns have multiple Gm and Ford dealers within 5 miles of each other? Just remember you have to break eggs to make and omelet.
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