What does Obama want GM to do?

[JoeH]

BigGuynRusty wrote:
[quote=Acer]
[George Will knows what happened...the gubmint through CAFE standards forced the car companies to build hybrids, which nobody would buy and they had to sell at a loss, and would not let them build the SUV's which the people wanted.

Which explains elegantly why there's a waiting list for Priuses--you can't even negotiate the the price down from sticker--and the lots are full of unsold SUV's. GM spent most of its hybrid efforts on hybrid SUV's which missed the point entirely.

HUH?!?!
They are sitting in the car lots in SoCal.
Little info.:
"How bad are sales right now? "December's Prius sales were down almost 50% from July, when both gas prices and demand for hybrids were soaring," according to Edumnds.com. Toyota car sales in general were down 29% from January 2008 to January 2009, according to Motor Intelligence. And the automaker has told suppliers it will trim overall production in 2009 by 12% to address flagging demand."
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main..._bigg.html

BGnR
Overall, Toyota passenger vehicle sales were down about 32% this February compared to a year ago. Prius sales were down about 31% from the same period. In other words, sales of Prius are down because all car sales are down, not because of any reduction in interest in the model. They still leave the lot of the local dealer as fast as they show up.