GM and its impact on FIRST

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31-05-2009, 23:53

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Re: GM and its impact on FIRST

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Originally Posted by CraigHickman

GM won't bring itself out of bankruptcy.

Teams that rely on auto sponsorship may want to find companies with factories/engineering locations stateside that aren't failing, such as Subaru, and others. GM is dying, and what we're seeing is the floundering of a company trying to stay alive.

I suspect you are quite wrong.

Are you aware that portions of subaru applied for bankruptcy in 2000, and they also applied for some of the $25 billion on auto aid loans authorized by the DOE this year?

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