"Domestic" auto sales (Chrysler + Ford + GM) have fallen below 50% market share, and are not likely to recover any time soon, if ever.
But market share doesn't so much matter; the important thing is for the domestics to be sustainable, profitable businesses at the size they wind up at.
How likely is this? It is hard to say. I personally think that GM and Ford are large enough that they might pull itoff, with concessions from the UAW, product updates, and relocating production of low-margin vehicles to low cost countries.
Chrysler, I think, is a tough problem, because they aren't strong enough to stand on their own. Whoever winds up with Chrysler will have to join into alliances with other automakers to keep Chrysler's product pipeline full. If Chrysler's new owner is only interested in making a quick buck, there is a real chance that most of the company will simply evaporate, as the valuable pieces are sold off.
The "elephant in the room" is the massive legacy cost of the pension and retiree health care obligations. These costs mean that the domestics are significantly underwater--for each vehicle they build, they have less money available to put into content. The problem seems intractable, and at some point it will have to be dealt with. Either retirees will be thrown under the bus, or we will see some of the largest bankruptcies in American business history.
Either way, it will be excruciating.
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Heavy Construction & Machinery
Used Heavy Equipment and Machinery; Construction, Utility and Landscaping Vehicles
We have established a new section on our website dedicated to Heavy Equipment & Machinery listings. The listings include many trucks as well as heavy machinery (such as 2 fifth wheel equipped semi-trucks or a crane).
There are construction vehicles such as an Eric truck crane, road service trucks such as an Oshkosh snow plow, utility trucks such as three white 1988 Chevrolet utility trucks, and landscaping truck, such as a 66 inch tree spade truck.
Thumbnail Samples of the Equipment/Machinery Listings you will Find:
The owners of Syd's Eastside Auto Salvage, Inc., and Feimer Construction Company, Inc., are selling this heavy equipment, machinery and construction vehicles on behalf of Fejfar Construction & Equipment.
Currently, we are concentrating on getting photographs of this heavy equipment and machinery online so that interested parties can view the equipment, machinery and vehicles easily. The above thumbnails are merely a small sampling of what is available at the website. As of this writing, there are twenty-one listings, and we still have more photos to take and put online.
Later, we will add more detailed textual descriptions for the listings and then start listing them in on/off-line industry publications and other construction sales oriented websites.
We hope that you may find something that may be of interest to you. If you need more information, please contact us. We would be happy to take more and better photos of any of the heavy equipment, machinery or vehicles that you may be interested in. We are available online through our Contact Form, or you may call us at 1-605-665-5119 or 1-800-505-5119.
Link:
Heavy Equipment & Machinery
We have established a new section on our website dedicated to Heavy Equipment & Machinery listings. The listings include many trucks as well as heavy machinery (such as 2 fifth wheel equipped semi-trucks or a crane).
There are construction vehicles such as an Eric truck crane, road service trucks such as an Oshkosh snow plow, utility trucks such as three white 1988 Chevrolet utility trucks, and landscaping truck, such as a 66 inch tree spade truck.
Thumbnail Samples of the Equipment/Machinery Listings you will Find:
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Currently, we are concentrating on getting photographs of this heavy equipment and machinery online so that interested parties can view the equipment, machinery and vehicles easily. The above thumbnails are merely a small sampling of what is available at the website. As of this writing, there are twenty-one listings, and we still have more photos to take and put online.
Later, we will add more detailed textual descriptions for the listings and then start listing them in on/off-line industry publications and other construction sales oriented websites.
We hope that you may find something that may be of interest to you. If you need more information, please contact us. We would be happy to take more and better photos of any of the heavy equipment, machinery or vehicles that you may be interested in. We are available online through our Contact Form, or you may call us at 1-605-665-5119 or 1-800-505-5119.
Link:
Heavy Equipment & Machinery
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Link Building and Sinister Link Exchanges
I wrote an article about linking and the way sinister link exchanges profit from those who do not understand link building correctly.
The article is available at:http://www.sydsautoparts.com/Linking-Evils.php
I think it is a pretty good article, myself. I really haven't seen another article like it. Though it is pretty much based on common sense, some may not be as well educated on the subject of Link Building, so that they can't make the connections concerning sinister linking techniques. Hopefully, this article lays everything out so that it is more easily understood.
A slight warning... this isn't a mini article that can be devoured in a few minutes, this is intended as a serious article that is written to help any webmaster, including beginners. If it misses that mark, tell me. I am anxious to hear how I might improve it.http://www.sydsautoparts.com/Linking-Evils.php
Although this article is not directly automotive related, I know of many small business automotive shops starting or struggling to get their business online. This is intended to assist businesses (from any industry) with some great pointers along those lines.-Doug (at work)
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