So, I have to ask, what is the source of this information?

 

I've seen all sides of the business--from the factory floor to the executive board room, and I can tell you that in most American businesses today, "management" IS the problem. And that doesn't matter whether it is corporate management or whether it is union management. Each is out for their own personal greed and power-grabbing. This aberant condition of modern business has even worked its way into TV programs...with the most despicable types being glorified as "successful". I'm not sure what is actually behind all of this, but it sure is a helluva way to show our kids what it means to be "successful".

 

Man, I could not have said that better...

 

When an investor puts money into a corporation they expect to make a profit. The return on their investment is THE reason the investor hands their money over to a corporation.

Still, even privately, the only real incentive individuals have for joining together to form a corporation is to make more money. But, a privately run corporation doesn't have to answer to investors constantly demanding more profits every quarter so it's easier for the owners to invest in their people, community and country. The owners will invest in the long term future of their corporation (which includes investing in societal benefits) to make their corporation grow because they will eventually want to sell their corporation for a nice profit.

Sure, the problem in publicly traded companies can be blamed on upper management, but they are pushed that way by the expectations of the stock market where the company is traded.

 

Make USA great again........
Well as I see it, it is easy to start the process, start buying quality made in USA food, cars, parts, t-shirts ec ec ec.
But many decides to buy China cheap made parts, t-shirts ec ec ec. It is easy to say one thing, and to do another.

So to make USA great again, then look into a mirror, and do as "you" voted a few weeks ago......

I'm sitting here in Denmark, Europe and buying as much Made In USA as I can, please do the same :- )

No more comments from my side in this thread :- )

 

It is ; "short term" gains vs. "long term" gains , however you'd like to spin it.

 

Back to the original question, does anyone have any "real" info on what the future production life of various GM Perf/Chevy engines and parts is?

Is there any word on whether Big Block production, or new HEI production, has been stated by a reputable source to be limited or ending?

Similarly, will the availability of certain other "old car" part be at issue? Shifter cables and TV cables on my interest list right now.

Not looking for hearsay, but actual word from someone or a group that really knows?

Best
Tom

 

Have you ever seen a future discontinued part schedule or any kind of announcement about discontinuing certain parts from GM? Yet you're expecting one now?

 

Which begs the question. How did this thread get started?

 

Interesting parallels - here in UK non of the most profitable volume (and low volume) car companies are actually UK owned. German, Japanese and Indian - probably Chinese at some point in the future. Even in the post WW2 years where the UK was one of the largest exporters of motor vehicles we still had foreign ownership of UK car manufacturers like Ford and GM. Yes we had issues with trade unions, but more importantly it was the lack of interest from major investors in re-equipping and re-building our manufacturing infrastructure that prevented us from keeping up with the quality and output of oversea competitors from Japan and later Germany. How ironic that not too many years later these organisations that were once competitors now 'own' our motor industry and are are at one end of the scale running factories with some of the highest volumes of car output in the world - and at the other end of the scale producing the highest quality prestige vehicles in the world. In the USA you are fortunate - your government didn't sell 'the family jewels' to 'outsiders', instead investing heavily in GM - unlike our previous governments who starved the motor industry of funds to properly invest in the future and then 'opened the doors' to overseas companies by funding them millions (no, billions of $) to either re-equip equip existing factories or build new ones (Nissan/Toyota) on greenfield sites