Study Confirms Auto Sales Are The Lowest Since 1994

You've got that right. Thanks Bush!!!!

What does President Bush have to do with buying a home or a car :-?

Your not dumb. You know excatly what he meant....

"President Bush" has nothing to do with this, ignore that stupid troll.

The problem is the managers in the auto industry itself. These people have demonstrated a blatant disrespect for their value-conscious and low-income buyers.

• Prices are SKY HIGH.
• Fuel efficiency is PATHETIC.
• Design and innovation are STAGNANT.

Is this news to car buyers? NO! So what is wrong with these automakers? Are they just retarded? Why is it so impossible for them to make great looking car that costs $20,000 and gets 90 mpg?

Over and over we demand value AND design in the economy segment, and instead we get NEITHER.

For example, ten weeks ago the lease ended on my 2005 Volvo S40 T5. Six weeks prior, I called my salesman up and said, 'I love my Volvo. I love your dealership. Just lease me a C30 at the same money factor and I'll be happy.' Oh no, the Volvo dealership just couldn't do it. Too bad for them. Time was short and I had to move on, so I looked around to see what else was available.

• The (ugly) $25,000 Malibu
• The $23,000 Mustang
• The $28,000 Accord Coupe!
• The (ugly, boring, stale) $25,000 Prius!
• The $25,000 Saturn Sky!
• The $26,000 Toyota FJ!

LOL! I'm not paying those prices on those cars! Forget it! Why? BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE TO. In fact, I'll have more self respect if I DON'T.

In my case, I went and bought a used chevy instead. Found one with less than 50,000 miles for $800; yes, they're rare but available. Invested $1800 in restoration... and BINGO! An immaculate, one-of-a-kind, and subsequently FREE chevy that looks perfect, drives great, and gets 34 mpg!

In fact, I enjoy my FREE chevy so much, I could run a similar procedure every three years for the rest of my life. But I'll make you a bargain, Volvo. I'll set up a $150 automatic deposit into a savings account recurring every month for the next three years. In 2011, if you have a car that gets 90 mpg and costs less than $20,000, I'll hand over my deposit.

If you're still around, that is.

07G35J,

No you can than Allen Greenspan.

That idiot F'd everything up.

EL34: "What does President Bush have to do with buying a home or a car :-?"
randy33: "President Bush" has nothing to do with this, ignore that stupid troll."

It must be nice in that little bubble you both live because out here in the real world, our great President Bush rules only the world's most powerful and least respected (again, thanks to him)country. As long as that A#%HOLE is in the White House, we'll still be struggling. Now he wants to fix the economy with a $600 check in June, like that's going to make 8 years of bad decisions and lies disappear. He's only worried about one thing, and one thing only: Oil money. He doesn't give a F$&k about the rest, let alone the american people. By the the way, randy33, thanks for the "stupid troll" description of me. That only shows how mature and intelligent you are, and your story about your "free Chevy" confirms it even more.

makes sense. just about everyone in america has a car already. the market is very mature. you have to make a pretty compelling product to get a sale these days. there is no growth in cars and cell phones for the American consumer market.

It warms my heart to know that the dealers are starving for business.

Mental note to self: If I buy a car this year, be a total a$$hole to the salesman. (Even more than usual)

Did you have some kind of horrible experience with a salesman lately?

So let me get this straight- you're going to buy a car-therefore giving him a commission.

You sure showed him.

I bet he wont make the mistake of letting some blowhard pound on his chest for a couple of hours ending in his getting a paycheck ever again.

So your saying your asshole normally...ok?

Now it is the best time to buy a car if you have the $$$.
But with the plummeting “American peso” a good deal on foreign car may be difficult.
Inventory is already piling up in cars in all dealers, may wait for the late spring or early summer is it going to turn really ugly for dealers.

bulldogz, when yo go to a BMW dealer do you wear your Toyota Paseo t-shirt?

You do, dont you?

^^^

LOL

believe me we can spot a person like bulldogz coming from a mile away. Even though business is tough, I have been with BMW for almost 13 years and have a steady client base that dont have to put up with someone of that nature. It is bad now, but after 09/11 it was much worse for a few years.

Cars are lasting much longer these days. Baby boomers are retiring.

There are hundreds of reasons...

As far as the economy goes...let's hope the Fed stops this 'high class wall st. welfare' and lets the free market run its course. Although I did admire their trickery reducing the rate cut to only 75 bps...we still rallied!

well the economy is tanking, and prices for cars are straight retarded...come on 20k for a civic WTF!!!

er should keep politics out of the car sites, please give me a break, if you hate the current govt, talk about it somewhere else!