What Car Companies Will Be Around 5 Years From Now?

The way it's going ,not a whole many.Chrysler announced the
cancellation of 4 models,as a starter.

 

I can speculate that in order for Ford to survive in the US, it will have to
take a lead from what GM is doing with Saturn and integrate Euro models into
the US market. The Focus and Mondeo (500) are examples, better there, stale
and sucky here.

In the GM family, I believe based upon past and current trends, Buick and
Pontiac will be on the chopping block again, that is, unless RWD makes a big
comeback paired with the new CAFE law expectations.

Saturn will avoid "getting Oldsmobiled" as long as GM and Jill keep new
product coming. There is no reason not to import or transfer here many of
the other AG Opel products such as the Corsa and VXR lines here as well as
clean diesels. (See Opel.com and Vauxhall.com) We have the capabilities and
platforms to build them here and letting the line go old and stale as has
been a past trend of Saturn and GM is not an option for survival.

Thems my 2 cents...

 

Very in-depth!.The ''bridging'' of foreign cars to Americans bugs
me,but if that what it takes...it will turn into a mess
tho,exporting,importing,really will have to keep tight records on who
buys what.

 

One more thought, been in my mind every time I see my fav show Top Gear on
BBC America. Chevy is in trouble right now too, perhaps GM needs to think
outside of the box and stop boerrowing from Saturn (see the new Malibu,
Cobalt, Equinox and Uplander) shame on them when they had the idea "kinda
right with the Aveo. Yes, the lowly Daewoo built Aveo.

Point is that Chevy is a TRUE international car company, there is a Chevy
brand variation in just about every country and many of them are superior to
the cr*p being sold here under the Chevy name (sans the Silverado). One
brand that is sold under the Chevy name and is a reasonably built but not
well selling car is also called Suzuki here. (The Forenza here is the Chevy
Lacetti there). S. America has some fantastic designs also not built here
(see Motor Trend). As Americans, we are missing alot and don't even know it.