PUBLIC MARKS from kzoo with tag automakers

Many companies lay off their employees and buying a vehicle is a dangerous step. However, more and more automakers offer help if customers stop their choice on specific model.

Automakers are going through the worst times since 1963 losing a lot of sales. The Big American Three have reported about unbelievable drops this January comparing to January 2008: Chrysler lost 55 percent, General Motors was down 49% and Ford dropped 39%.

A Canadian couple filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court claiming they are being illegally discriminated against by car companies that turn down their business because they’re from Canada, Rhonda Chancey and Allan Coombs, a married couple from Newfoundland, say that General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda and Toyota have rules forbidding U.S. dealers from selling their cars to people from Canada, where car prices are much higher.