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They will get the money and then go bankrupt.

Gas can only go up.

People will buy Japanese and Korean, if any new cars at all.

U.S. automakers still have the same product that got them in their mess in the first place.

Mpvan: You imply,as many do,that the Big3 are broke because they built big SUVs. thats simply not true,they built them because thats what people wanted. Why else do you see so many on the road if they are so undesireable. the gas crunch hit...what 10 months ago? C'mon get real?

Americans car arent inferior,they just still suffer from years of a bad rep.They are equal to foriegn cars in quality.

Kiosk sales wont work-people will wnat test drives,will wnat to 'see' it in thier color and equiptment.Believe it or not cars are a bit of an impulse buy. Ive seen it time and again. A person may be "in the market" but wont pull the tirgger until they see the one they want.

In order for GM, Ford, and Crysler to compete with Hyundai's value equasion, GM would have to sell the Chevy Cobalt for less than $10,000 brand new; Ford would have to sell its Shelby GT500 for less than $45,000 brand new and Ford would have to revamp the GT500 to make well over 25mpg highway without raising the price; Both GM and Ford would have to make V8's like the one in the Genesis that punch out 375hp and 333lbs/ft at the crank through a 6-speed automatic transmission with manual shift feature and make the car go from 0-60 in 5.69 seconds and run the quarter mile in 14 flat and still churn out 28mpg highway in a car that weighs 3,800lbs and is made of high-tensile and ultra-high-tensile steel bonded together with the same type of adhesives used on the Space Shuttle's heat shield.

The V8's chevy and ford build are only two valves per cylinder and are the older OHV configuration...Not really designed for fuel economy...And their V8s lack the variable timing that helps improve fuel efficiency.

The Genesis sells for less than $45,000 fully equipped. All those features, all that power, with the same luxury as Mercedes and BMW complete with a Lexicon 7.1 surround sound stereo system - as Hyundai put it during the Genesis' debut: "Ah, yes, the Genesis. A brand new luxury car as spacious as the Mercedes S-class, but priced like a C-class...By now you're probably expecting some crazy, big twist...Well, here it is: Hyundai - Think About It" The Genesis is a true luxury sport sedan...The power and performance to go head-to-head against a BMW 750i and Porsche Boxter in the 0-60 sprint and outrun both cars; the suspension and handling capabilities to out-handle both cars in the slalom and cornering tests; and the luxury features and quality of cars costing tens of thousands of dollars more.

What that means is this: The entire electrical system is by-wire, and the response time is instantaneous - you punch the gas and just as quickly as you punch the gas, the engine revs up and you're gone. No lag time at all.

The other real beauty about the Genesis is the braking power is unmatched - Against the BMW 550i and Mercedes E550 in a 70mph to 0 braking distance test, the Genesis scored a distance of 168 feet, while the beamer scored a distance of 179 feet and the Mercedes had a distance of 181 feet.

The turbocharged version of the Porsche Boxter performs equal to the Hyundai Genesis - not even a Dodge Charger can beat the Genesis' 14.00 second quarter mile run. Back in the early part of this decade, Dodge was smart when it built the Dodge Neon SRT-4 - a turbo sport compact that ran the quarter mile in 13.8 seconds and could still achieve 28mpg highway, and $1,000 was all you needed to run 500whp

WC I take it mnaines owns a Hyundai.. LOL

Guess sludge doesn't pop up un all of that does it?
How about the battery system in the Hybrids of Honda?
Outer body rust thru?