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SportTrac Discussion
General Sport Trac Discussion
The big three are in the tank
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<blockquote data-quote="mookie " data-source="post: 826758" data-attributes="member: 58698"><p>Back on topic:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A few years ago Ford set up a group to research building a small, economical, inexpensive, quality car. They concluded that it couldn't be priced low enough to compete with the imports and still make money. That is why they were happy building SUV's and other big cars that they could charge more for and that would absorb the cost of building them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ford's average labor cost per UAW represented employee (hourly wage + benefits) in 2006 was 70.51/hour, while Toyota was paying $47.60/hour total (in 2005).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think that the big 3 were unaware of the perils of not having a line of economical, inexpensive cars for the consumer to choose from should gas get scarce or expensive, but could not do it with the wages that they were paying workers.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I am a union member, but that doesn't make me blind to the facts....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mookie , post: 826758, member: 58698"] Back on topic: A few years ago Ford set up a group to research building a small, economical, inexpensive, quality car. They concluded that it couldn't be priced low enough to compete with the imports and still make money. That is why they were happy building SUV's and other big cars that they could charge more for and that would absorb the cost of building them. Ford's average labor cost per UAW represented employee (hourly wage + benefits) in 2006 was 70.51/hour, while Toyota was paying $47.60/hour total (in 2005). I don't think that the big 3 were unaware of the perils of not having a line of economical, inexpensive cars for the consumer to choose from should gas get scarce or expensive, but could not do it with the wages that they were paying workers. I am a union member, but that doesn't make me blind to the facts.... [/QUOTE]
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