Global Impact of Camaro Parts suppliers

[WMCC Gary]

interesting - it would appear that at onetime there was a plan for the qtr glass in the coupes to retractable?

to me it looks like the B pillar was made transparent on the pass side like the door. if you look close it appears it still there or at least its shadow. You can clearly see it it still there on the drivers side.

[TSTONE]

I noticed that as well but was going off of this:

[bigjon88]

i didnt know so many vendors were involved in making this car man if gm ever goes under.. everyone in the usa will be ****ed

[meissen]

Over on Camaro5 they're saying that this is an old picture of a concept, not the production model.

[81DaytonaPaceCar]

i didnt know so many vendors were involved in making this car man if gm ever goes under.. everyone in the usa will be ****ed

There are hundreds...if GM even files bankruptcy and fails to pay the Tier 1s, then the Tier 2s and 3s won't get paid, and the ripple effect will begin at the bottom of the chain when the Tier 3s start closing their doors and move up from there.

I just really don't think that any of the morons in Washington get it.

[MP81]

I just really don't think that any of the morons in Washington get it.

No, they don't. At all.

[meissen]

There are hundreds...if GM even files bankruptcy and fails to pay the Tier 1s, then the Tier 2s and 3s won't get paid, and the ripple effect will begin at the bottom of the chain when the Tier 3s start closing their doors and move up from there.

I just really don't think that any of the morons in Washington get it.

Big factory next door to my work, Noble International - I heard they already filed bankruptcy because of GM.

Crain's Detroit Business reported that the loss of work from the Detroit Three effectively removed the bulk of Noble's business in North America. Crain's reported that the work accounted for 66 percent of Noble's sales at the end of 2007.

http://www.mlive.com/business/west-m..._possible.html

[81DaytonaPaceCar]

Yup...and now GM will have the cost of moving the tools and resetting the operation somewhere else.

Where it will really get ugly is if the OEM has not paid for the tools yet (normally not fully paid until 90 days after production starts...at best). Then said bankrupt supplier will hold them hostage (and not producing parts unless the OEM pre-pays for them) until payment is made.

Now you're potentially shutting down lines.

It can get ugly...really, really fast...