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GM Forgets To Add Brake Pads To New Cars – Simple Mistake or Same-old Same-old?
General Motors is recalling thousands of 2012 Chevy Sonic subcompact cars because the inner and outer brake pads may be missing. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said the missing brake pads could reduce the vehicle’s brake system performance and increase the risk of a crash.
GM has recalled its brand new Chevy Sonic after discovering that some of the vehicles were missing brake pads.
Is Tundra Market Share Sliding, or Are Fleet Sales Obscuring The Truth?
In an article titled “What Happened To The Tundra,” website AutoSavant.com offered a reasoned analysis of the pickup truck market, and – based on sales figures and market share – singled out the Toyota Tundra as underperforming.
While there are definitely some arguments to be made about Toyota mis-steps with the Tundra (everything from bad tailgate design to bed bounce / ride quality complaints to failing air injection pumps), it’s impossible to say that the Tundra is failing for two reasons:
1. None of the market share numbers offered in the AutoSavant number discount fleet sales.
2. Fleet sales should never be considered equal to retail sales, because fleet sales are dominated by the lowest cost product. Quality, reliability, etc. have nothing to do with fleet sales.
NOTE: If you’d like to argue my second point, read about why fleet sales don’t compare to retail sales before you do so.
The question is, if we take out fleet sales, how does Tundra market share look?
The UAW Will Forever Handicap Ford, GM, and Chrysler
Members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are not an homogeneous group. Most are conscientious, hard-working, and fine examples of everything that’s right with American manufacturing. This post will discuss unreasonable wage demands and video of UAW members drinking and smoking marijuana during their lunch hour, but it is in no way meant to slander the UAW’s hard-working majority. The issue isn’t the average autoworker – it’s the system that the UAW has created.
