A Pact WithThe Devil? GM Expected To Ask Toyota For Help

A Pact WithThe Devil?  GM Expected To Ask Toyota For Help
Struggling US automaker General Motors Corp is expected to ask for Japanese rival Toyota Motor Corps help in turning around its business, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the plan.

GM Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner is considering visiting Japan soon and meeting with Toyota's leadership to discuss the plan, Kyodo said, citing sources.

A GM spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

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JanizaryJanizary - 10/29/2008 5:41:47 PM
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How is this a deal with the devil? GM/Toyota do have "something" of a history in the last decade or so.


BremboBrembo - 10/29/2008 5:47:00 PM
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I wander sometime if 009 is anti-asian manufacturers.


M35MTM35MT - 10/29/2008 6:21:35 PM
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You must be new Brembo.


BremboBrembo - 10/29/2008 6:59:21 PM
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same guy. unless someone is me too.


HyundaiHyundai - 10/29/2008 7:54:31 PM
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LOL...

The original Reuters headline reads: "GM expected to ask Toyota for help-Kyodo report"

009's spin reads: "A Pact With The Devil? GM Expected To Ask Toyota For Help"

009 must of course not have any biases.. that much MUST be obvious by now... he's just a "joooooooooooooooooournalist" right?

What school did he go to again, btw?


Agent009Agent009 - 10/29/2008 8:33:42 PM
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Whoever said Toyota was the Devil? Think about it...while I may not be a fan of Toyota I do admire them. Now GM is a whole another story..

Maybe your insecurities are showing guys?

I guess if you give enough rope to some people they hang themselves.....


HyundaiHyundai - 10/29/2008 9:49:06 PM
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Umm.

You are talking about yourself, 009, right?

Right????


HyundaiHyundai - 10/29/2008 9:54:04 PM
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009, your customers must be so wrong in their comments about your skewed title, huh?

You are in a whole other league of rightness (yes, that is a word)!

Incroyable!



BremboBrembo - 10/29/2008 10:32:15 PM
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009! Here is a lesson in changing the right word.

I used that woman.
I exploit that woman.

Both sentences have the same meaning. But which one sounds worst to you?


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 8:25:48 AM
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Brembo- But which title would make you read the article?


KZ258KZ258 - 10/30/2008 10:33:06 AM
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"
What school did he go to again, btw?"

what a great question, Hyundai. so zerozero9, what is the colleges name, if thats not too personal for you? a wonderful, gifted, talented writer yourself should experience no hesitation in telling us ; )


BremboBrembo - 10/30/2008 11:28:17 AM
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009, I would still read it without the first part of the title.


abcdabcd - 10/29/2008 5:48:15 PM
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Who`s that Devil ?
Deplorable title .


0to600to60 - 10/29/2008 5:55:37 PM
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Next, 009 will be reporting that Obama is the anti christ.


M35MTM35MT - 10/29/2008 6:22:01 PM
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No, he is a Marxist.


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 8:26:42 AM
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You mean someone beat me to it?


M35MTM35MT - 10/30/2008 10:38:47 AM
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You just redeemed yourself :)


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 11:40:26 AM
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Thanks, I was really getting worried about needing to be redeemed.

BTW I already voted and I'm not telling for whom.


veyron1001veyron1001 - 10/29/2008 6:17:41 PM
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GM stf away from Toyota. You got into your own mess now fix it up yourself or file bankruptcy.


HyundaiHyundai - 10/29/2008 7:57:30 PM
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But with money growing on trees, why can't they get some of that inflation causing money.. again.. ?


91z4me91z4me - 10/29/2008 10:57:28 PM
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If anything Toyota should be STF away from GM. Right now they seem like they have the plague, and this comes from a longtime GM fan and continual domestic nut.


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 8:54:14 AM
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Toyota is well aware of the pitfalls of partnering with the "devil" (GM).

They also are aware if GM falters many of the supply sources they use in the US will falter as well. So do they help the giant stay afloat to assure they don't have future issues?

In this case it "may" be in the best interest of Toyota to assist GM in staying afloat. If not they may have more costly logistics issues in the future.


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 9:01:08 AM
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Hmm I lived through the 80's and never saw a single incident like that. Do you have references?


_43LE_43LE - 10/30/2008 9:40:13 AM
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009, you lived through the 80s and you never saw an incident "like" that? Were you living in the USA then? Must have a selective memory.


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 10:45:56 AM
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Remember I live in the South. We tend to embrace the mavericks rather than protest them. In some areas they simply resist.


BremboBrembo - 10/30/2008 11:09:06 AM
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maverick doesn't necessarily is a good thing. I live in the south too.


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 11:29:30 AM
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Brembo- You have a point there. But as you know the South generally isn't keen on an entitlement view point.

Some areas looked at the influx of foreign factories as a threat to the status quo.

In Texas we tend to see them just another competitor to contend with.

A big difference.



BremboBrembo - 10/30/2008 12:17:39 PM
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"them just another competitor to contend with."

009! I agree with you there.

So now... how do I convert to the Democrat side? LOL! just kidding!

Can I still get a hi-res pic of the audi a$$?


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 12:23:15 PM
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Man I so wish for spell check.... Grammar check might not be a bad idea either.


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 12:23:28 PM
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Man I so wish for spell check.... Grammar check might not be a bad idea either.


KZ258KZ258 - 10/30/2008 6:49:21 PM
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"republicans will smash and burn japanese cars on their front lawns to protest just like they did back in the 80s when the japanese first came to town to setup plants."

obviously hes over-exaggerating, doublezero 9 (LOL)


Agent009Agent009 - 10/30/2008 11:38:23 AM
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Damiko- Your link was posted as a story.. BTW that denial went out about 5 hours after the original report. But I had not seen it yet, so thanks for setting the record straight.


B7FANB7FAN - 10/30/2008 11:30:00 AM
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nothing new gm and toyota did work with the early 90's corolla and the GEO metro so old news to me


ShredmoShredmo - 10/30/2008 12:22:31 PM
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Metro was Suzuki, Suzuki Swift.

Toyota and GM worked together on the 1985 FWD "Nova" which was a Corolla. Later this was called a Geo Prism.

There was also the Geo Tracker which was a Suzuki Sidekick, the Geo Storm which was an Isuzu Impulse.


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