Chapter 3114: GM is in danger of bankruptcy

General Motors can't survive.

Although Eagle Country is a country of immigrants with a total history of only a few hundred years, this country has advanced industries and technology. Basic industries are of course the automobile industry.

Eagle Country has a large number of car brands. After their country has developed, it has caught up with the era of the auto industry. Therefore, their main car brands have all started from that era. The most famous is Ford. At that time, the production line was pioneered by Ford Motor Company. It turned one person to build a car into one person to build only one part, which greatly improved production efficiency and enhanced competitiveness.

Ford Motor is also the only one that has no bankruptcy record in the entire Eagle Country's automobile history.

In the long history, a large number of car brands have been born in Eagle Country. The big waves and sands have naturally accompanied the elimination of a large number of car brands.

Of course, most of them are not well-known. If you look at the relevant records, starting with A, the first page is full, all of them are A, which is dazzling.

However, the rest is supposed to be quite good, especially when GM was in its glory, it once included Ford’s iconic building in the Auto City, but now GM is already in a precarious position. Up.

In Eagle Country, many of them are called General Motors, such as General Electric, General Dynamics, etc. These are not a large consortium, but just similar names. General Motors is also completely independent.

Established in 1908, General Motors is one of Eagle Country’s pride and a successful teaching case for countless financial and economic textbooks. This car group has many classic subdivision brands, such as Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac and GMC, and some less famous ones, such as Zeng Pontiac, Hummer, Saturn and Saab, and General Motors. They are definitely one giant.

How powerful is this General Motors? Even the lunar rover carried in the lunar module that was launched by Saturn V in the most popular Apollo lunar landing program in the past few years was built by General Motors. The world’s only manned vehicle used on an alien planet, it can be said that General Motors is the symbol of Eagle Country’s design, manufacturing and technology.

However, such a behemoth has come to the brink of bankruptcy, which makes people a little embarrassed.

This is of course caused by many factors.

For example, in the Eagle Country’s automobile market, the local auto industry has not had a hard time over the past few years. After entering the 1990s, gasoline prices have soared. The Eagle Country’s own cars consume too much fuel. As a result, local citizens, They have chosen fuel-efficient cars made in the island.

The automobile war has been fought long ago, but the island country’s auto companies still firmly occupy the Eagle Country’s market and continue to erode the living space of Eagle Country’s local cars. Now, GM is already struggling, and the recent arrivals The economic crisis is the last straw to crush the camel.

In fact, countries have different priorities. Eagle country’s car companies are always the most backward in terms of fuel consumption. In that parallel time and space, GM promotes three-cylinder engines in an all-round way, which is just for the company’s average fuel consumption to reach the standard. Since it can't be compared with regular science and technology, it can only go through this crooked way. As a result, if it doesn't get through, it can only return.

Moreover, at present, they can't squeeze in the huge Han market.

Han is now in a period of vigorous development. There is a huge demand for cars in Han, and various auto giants have actually been staring at Han.

However, they cannot get in.

If they are purely imported, even in accordance with the arrangements of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the tariff price is incredibly low. The cost of their cars across the oceans exceeds that of the cars produced in Han, and it is not only high in price, but high in performance. It's not even better. The main domestic auto companies in Han, the terrifying giant Northern Auto Factory, and several subordinate auto groups have developed models that are simply daunting.

The cheap ones are the QQ produced by Haihe Automobile Factory, which is suitable for urban and rural use, and the high-end and atmospheric cars are Hongqi sedans. They also developed the freak SUV, which is very well received. In particular, many of their vehicles have entered In the turbocharged era, the performance of the engine is high, the speed of the car is fast, and the fuel consumption is low. Therefore, the pure imported car from abroad is simply incomparable. Moreover, now there are several private automobile factories in Han, which are also beginning to flourish, arbitrarily occupying the market in Han, and outsiders simply cannot enter.

If you want to lower the price, you can only invest and set up factories in Han Guo and use the local low labor cost advantage to reduce the price of cars. At this time, you are facing another problem.

Han Guo has set a very high threshold. It cannot be a sole proprietorship. It must be a joint venture, and it must be a joint venture with a local manufacturer. It also promises that within a few years, the technology will be completely transferred. .

If GM can seize Han's huge auto market and squeeze in, it may develop rapidly. Now, GM can only develop locally, and even with Han's expansion of the European market, let Their market share in Europa has also decreased. However, if they compete, they can only gradually fall into a vicious circle and fall into bankruptcy.

Qin Guan now mentioned this aspect and put forward his own ideas to Rui Jian: "Our northern heavy truck factory wants to acquire General Motors. Although there are great risks, we still want to try it."

This risk is great. Han Guo bought Douglas, and as a result, it would be choked by the Eagles from time to time. If it buys General Motors again, it may face the same situation. There are farmers and snakes. The story.

However, in recent years, the crisis has not been great. Until the mountain country's problem is resolved, the Eagle country should not be completely antagonistic to the Han country. There will be fewer similar things.

By acquiring General Motors, you can use the name of General Motors to exchange the red flag cars and sell them to Eagle Country. You must know that Han Guo Automobile has already entered the European continent, but it still has not opened the Eagle Country’s market. This is the last After all, Eagle Nation is a country that lives on wheels. They still have a great demand for cars. A few years will be enough for Hongqi cars to open up the market. In the future, even if the two sides guilty, the people of Eagle Nation will still Will decide to buy Hongqi cars out of their own interests.