Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Big Three Auto Makers Compared To Toyota and Honda by ProCon.org on New Research Website

The market capitalization of the big carmakers reflects their profitability. The very strong fundamentals at Toyota, Nissan and Honda would merit even higher valuations for these companies. But given the medium- to long-term prospects for the country’s big three
carmakers, we think their current share prices are about right. Renault’s stake in Nissan is not yet sufficiently factoredinto the Renault share price.


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This was the market share of most autos available to the American public for purchase. The article at the title references a non-profit that has been following the potential resolve for the auto makers based in USA history.

Big Three Auto ProCon.org (click here)
We started this project on Nov. 11, 2008. We have worked on it for about 75 hours as of Dec. 2, 2008. It normally takes us nine months to a year (1,600 to 2,000 hours) to build a website on a specific issue. We're creating a "mini" website about the Big Three because we found nonpartisan public information on this important issue lacking. We welcome your feedback on our first ever mini-site.

...Pro and con statements addressing this question come from President-Elect Barack Obama, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Nobel Prize winning economists Paul Krugman and Gary Becker, General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, former US Energy Secretary and US Senator Spencer Abraham, and several others. Also included on the site are:
-- Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws explained,
-- Contracts between the Big Three and the United Auto Workers,
-- Analysis of "legacy" employees and their impact on profits, and
-- 144-point chart comparing GM, Ford, Chrysler, Big Three combined,
Toyota, and Honda....