LOL, the entire purpose for the Auto Salon is for their customers to gain access to the Big 3, so if they aren't there it's not going to be good!
That said, whatever is left will get a bailout after January 20th I think, & I don't think all 3 of them are going away completely. Since there has been a lot of talk about what should happen, here is what I think they should do:
Chrysler: If they can make it, Keep the Jeep Wrangler, Patriot, Dodge Viper as a specialty Car, Ram, and Challenger with new interior and rename the much smaller specialty company Jeep / Dodge motor Company inc., and scrap everything else including entire Chrysler brand. I don't know if this will happen though but hopefully Jeep will survive at least by being bought out, and the Viper will go to a specialty company like Hennessy.
Ford: Seems they are saying they can make it till January and only are worried of the affects on their suppliers if GM goes under. If that happens that could then send Ford over the edge. Ford still needs to reduce their SUV's though.
GM: This is the company that needs the greatest overhaul. I say they need to cut about 1/3 of their overlapping brands and get rid of the 20 variants of over-sized SUV's like the Tahoe altogether. Keep the Corvette, GMC Trucks, and the best of the rest and get rid of a lot things like Buick, sell Saab, ect.
It's a shame because it seems the quality of some of the vehicles in the Big 3 are there, and many of the new vehicles are nice, as are many new vehicles in companies like Toyota and Nissan. The Big 3 were simply in a weaker position as a result of past failures, and too reliant on big trucks and SUV's, so they were much more vulnerable to first the gas crisis, then the credit crunch, and now recession. All of these things are hammering every auto company though.
