Ford, Gm & Chrysler......very Interesting

BillyMaxer · February 20, 2009

Ford, GM & Chrysler

INTERESTING...maybe the country should consider bailing them out to some degree

Nothing needs to be said... Ford, Chrysler and GM's contributions after 9/11

An interesting commentary...You might find this of interest:

'CNN Headline News did a short news listing regarding Ford and GM's

contributions to the relief and recovery efforts in New York and Washington.

The findings are as follows.....

1. Ford- $10 million to American Red Cross matching employee contributions

of the same number plus 10 Excursions to NY Fire Dept. The company also

offered ER response ! team services and office space to displaced government employees.

2. GM- $10 million to American Red Cross matching employee contributions

of the same number and a fleet of Vans, SUV's, and Trucks.

3. Daimler Chrysler-$10 million to support of the children and victims

of the Sept. 11 attack.

4. Harley Davidson motorcycles- $1 million and 30 new

motorcycles to the New York Police Dept.

5. Volkswagen-Employees and management created a Sept 11 Foundation,

funded initial with $2 million, for the assistance of the children and victims of the WTC.

6. Hyundai- $300,000 to the American Red Cross.

7. Audi- see V W

8. BMW - Nothing.

9. Daewoo - Nothing.

10. Fiat - Nothing.

11. Honda - Nothing despite boasting of second best sales month ever in August 2001

12. Isuzu - Nothing.

13. Mitsubishi - Nothing.

14. Nissan - Nothing.

15. Porsche - Nothing. Press release with condolences via the Porsche website.

16. Subaru - Nothing.

17. Suzuki - Nothing.

18. Toyota - Nothing despite claims of high sales in July and August 2001.

Condolences posted on the website .

Whenever the time may be for you to purchase or lease a new vehicle,

keep this information in mind. You might want to give more consideration

to a car manufactured by an American-owned and / or American based

company. Apart from Hyundai and Volkswagen, the foreign car companies

contributed nothing at all to the citizens of the United States ... It's OK

for these companies to take money out of this country, but it is apparently

not acceptable to return some in a time of crisis. I believe we should not

forget things like this. Say thank you in a way that gets their attention..

chakis24 · February 20, 2009

thats false, unfortunately

http://www.autoalliance.org/index.cfm?obje...B0F30205F89600E

faisal · February 21, 2009

im not amirecan ...and we dont have car makers here.

but if i were american i wount buy any thing but american.u have to be a patriot.

Z71kris · February 21, 2009

thats false, unfortunately

http://www.autoalliance.org/index.cfm?obje...B0F30205F89600E

interesting

punmax · February 21, 2009

thats false, unfortunately

http://www.autoalliance.org/index.cfm?obje...B0F30205F89600E

General Motors provided more than 200 vehicles for work at Ground Zero, mostly full-size vans and pickups.
Ford Motor Company provided 60 vehicles, including full-size vans, pickups and sport utility vehicles, to police, fire and other emergency agencies.
DaimlerChrysler donated $10 million to relief efforts.

Props to DaimlerChrysler.

txab · February 21, 2009

Snopes info

Zembonez · February 21, 2009

As is typical when somebody chimes in beating their chest with yet another "reason" we should buy an American car, this is mostly bullshit. This crap circulated right after 9/11 and was proven to be mostly made up by some blogger who apparently thought his blood contained more Red, White & Blue than the rest of us.

Bits and pieces are true but a lot of it is designed to spin the facts. (isn't everything?)

Nothing against BillyMaxer. It wouldn't be fair to shoot the messenger.