The verge of extinction?
 

Sometimes the ability of a cartoonist to put a drawing to paper and then add just the perfect brevity of biting wit is a thing of beauty.

I would submit that the current cover of the Economist meets that criteria.


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1244842998.jpg

Spot on!

That's pretty cool. Not what is happening but the cartoonists interpretation.

it even looks sad.

It's wang is smoking.

Some clap he got in Bangkok

Its upper Jaw is a Ford F150, not really a good representation of Detroits failures, yes?

It wasn't suicide dammit!!!

The F150 has been successful in terms of sales to date but honestly I think it represents very short-term thinking. The demand for pick-em-up trucks in the USA has been driven in large part by the housing bubble (everyone and their brother becoming "fix-up guys" and "flippers"). Everyone who'd ever swung a hammer in their life was hanging out shingles as a residential subcontractor and needed a pick-em-up truck to complete the image. A big part of the sales right there.

Not saying they're bad trucks necessarily, just representative of a product propped up by artificially inflated demand.

No construction = no work = no demand for pickups. Not much anyway. The F150's best days (sales-wise) are very likely behind it although there will always be a niche market for fleet vehicles and the like (think DPW trucks, etc.)

I am either LMAO @ Detroit or so sad @ their stupidity
They stood up for the hand out and handed in their ownership to the would be helper.
Where did the Govt get the LOOT ?
Where did I say I want to be a Socialist .
If Govt makes cars as well as instructions...maybe they will give up ...?

I can't remember a Ford 150 like that so much as I sorta see a Chevy from the 80's.

Whatever. It's a cool illustration.