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Chrysler was bailed out in 1979 and again in connection with the 2008 melt down. I'm not sure if the Chrysler bailout in 1979 was the first one, but that is the first one I remember, and it was controversial at the time.
 
   / Tractor lots are full #92  
Listenup Ford and GM: How about an inflation busting car/PU?

Instead of an EV that accelerates like a rocket, goes 100+mph, and has a limited range & lifespan.

Why not make an interesting inflationmobile? A lightweight car/PU with a small extremely efficient gas or diesel engine that had modest accelration...or downright slow, lasted well, & cruised inexpensively.

It's fun to go fast, but right now I'd rather go slow with money in my pocket than not at all.

rScotty
That could be a hit right now with fuel prices being forced up so high, record inflation, record interest rates, and wages unable to keep up with expenses.
 
   / Tractor lots are full #93  
That could be a hit right now with fuel prices being forced up so high, record inflation, record interest rates, and wages unable to keep up with expenses.
I think part of the “plan” is to keep us from being mobile. Concentrate the population in city centers making them more reliant on the “hand that feeds them”.
 
   / Tractor lots are full #95  
Chrysler was bailed out in 1979 and again in connection with the 2008 melt down. I'm not sure if the Chrysler bailout in 1979 was the first one, but that is the first one I remember, and it was controversial at the time.
In the "nothing is new" dept:

WASHINGTON, July 20, 1957 (AP) --Representative F. Edward Hebert, Democrat of Louisiana, said today that more than $25,000,000 of Defense Department money had been spent to "bail out" the Studebaker-Packard Corporation when it encountered a financial squeeze.
 
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   / Tractor lots are full #96  
In the "nothing is new" dept:

WASHINGTON, July 20, 1857 (AP) --Representative F. Edward Hebert, Democrat of Louisiana, said today that more than $25,000,000 of Defense Department money had been spent to "bail out" the Studebaker-Packard Corporation when it encountered a financial squeeze.

Studebaker in 1857??
 
   / Tractor lots are full #97  
That could be a hit right now with fuel prices being forced up so high, record inflation, record interest rates, and wages unable to keep up with expenses.

It's an old idea - making something that is economical to buy and use. Sure would be nice to have a choice that actually saved money for consumers instead of making more for manufacturers.

Half the miles we put on the family sedan could be done just as well by something that got 80mpg and was comfortable in all weather.
 

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