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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:17 PM Original message |
Report: Toyota to end Calif. joint venture with GM |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Awww fuck they're closing NUMMI??? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yep, close to 5,000. nt |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:26 PM Original message |
Wasn't this the plant |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. And 100% Union (something they DIDN'T say) |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. actually Dem rep Stark spoke about it |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Maybe Toyota will have better luck selling their cars in India and China |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. hey neighbor |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. Where are the Toyota defender's now? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm president of ANTS |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nikon is a great company with no real US counterpart... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yeah, but I checked on the Tacoma before I bought it |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I installed two Sony radios in my car and removed them both |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. predictable result of the gm bankruptcy. foreign makers in the us will |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Umm... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. "This is Toyota's fault how, exactly?" |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Seriously? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. It was a joint venture. GM pulled out because GM is a bankrupt. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Bullshit |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I don't particularly like Toyota cars. |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. And yet you blame GM exclusively |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. No I don't. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. "Fault"? You sound like a 5 year old. This was a BUSINESS DECISION; |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I was responding to the previous post... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. The People of California's voracious apetite for imported automobiles are "to blame" |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I love this "blame the consumer" mentality. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Did you miss the part where I said that your concept of "blame" is infantile in the first place? |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You might have a point if I were the one who brought up the concept of blame. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. Save the Taco Homeland |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. Too bad |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Even if they keep it in the US |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. This is terrible news. I have a couple friends who work there who have young families that |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Toyota is non-union, good riddance .n/t |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's a UAW plant, genius. |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. the union jobs would be lost either way |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Deleted message |
Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Oh, good lord, here it comes. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. I invite anyone to search for your name. Your comments speak for themselves. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. By all means, be my guest. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. This is a smart move. Toyota's customers don't care if the car is Made in USA, or by the UAW |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
34. I hope they start building Tacomas in the San Antonio plant... |
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