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...Most large car companies posted more significant unit sales drops in February than analysts expected. GM (GM) only sold 268,737 light vehicles. Three years ago, that would have been its take for the July 4th "cash back" weekend. Ford (F) moved 96,044 units, off 48% from the same month last year. As usual, the Ford PR department did what it could to misdirect and dissemble. Early in its statement about last month's sales, Ford pressed the case for how fabulous it new products are. The most important announcement the company thought it was making was that Ford...
...GM and Ford are finding out, losing 50% of monthly sales isn't risky. It's fatal. If The Big Three are each going to loss $1 billion to $2 billion dollars a month, they might as well do it selling cars to people who are likely to get fired...
...February sales were reported, GM owned up to selling 53% fewer cars and trucks than a year ago, while Chrysler admitted that its total fell 44%. Slow sales means slow production, which is where automakers get their revenue, so the results put a real dent in cash flow. At the beginning of the month, GM and Chrysler both had more than five months' supply of unsold cars. (Read about the CEOs behind Detroit's Big Three...
Both companies are running low on the money they need to operate. GM ended the year with $14 billion, about what it needs to keep the lights on. Chrysler was forecasting that it would start March with just $2.4 billion. Without a boost from the government, GM and Chrysler could each be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation by the time the crocuses bloom...
Adding injury to insult, Standard and Poor's reiterated its sell opinion on shares of GM, which are commanding a mere $2.04 a share - about the price of a subway ride in New York City. Observing that the industry is gripped by an "automotive depression," S&P's Efraim Levy added, "We do not foresee an uptick in industry demand before Q4 '09 at the earliest." Chrysler was spared a similar indignity because it is privately held...