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GM and Test Track
- Thread starter DisneyparkFreak
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montyz81
Well-Known Member
Bring back World of Motion... (naw just kidding, although it wouldn't bother me). I think this is an easy fix. Most of what needs to be replaced is the Cars and signage. This is a 4 week changeover at most!
EpcotMark
Active Member
It was stupid to theme this ride the way they did. There is NOTHING forward thinking about it. Sure there is safety that is emphasized in the ride, but we are always thinking about that. They need to theme this ride having to do with the FUTURE of transportation including hybrid cars, electric, etc. After all, the ride runs on electricity! So let's theme it as an electric car ride, and have Honda pick up the sponsorship.
DisneyMusician2
Well-Known Member
Perhaps it can be "Journey into a Hybrid Car!"
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Bankruptcy voids ALL contracts and makes them unenforceable, so Disney would have very few options. At most they could petition the bankruptcy judge to allow GM to adhere to the contract, but ultimately the judge and judge alone will make the decision as to whether or not the Company can continue with that sponsorship expense.
miles1
Active Member
I wouldn't bet on this. First, both of those companies have now seen sales drop over 30%, too. Second, if the domestic companies go down, it will make it more costly for them (the imprort brands) to produce cars here in the US as well, since many of the suppliers they use will go under too. (less volume and competition=increased costs). Last, if the three domestics go under, consumers will have to buy one of the remaining import brands. Why spend extra millions advertising to captive buyers?
I shudder to think what will happen to the price of new cars if Detriot doesn't make it.
disneymoc
Active Member
The ending would show the worst car crash ever.
devoy1701
Well-Known Member
Hybrid and electric cars IMO are not cool... first of all, they have way less power than my V6 and cannot go VROOOM without making the engine sound sick...second...they look like a normal car...
it's 2008 (almost 2009) anyway...someone promised me Flying cars...where are the flying cars...they better feature these flying cars in any refit of the attraction that is supposed to be "futuristic".
wvdisneyfamily
Well-Known Member
Thank you.
:fork:
Um...does this mean my two Ford car payments will be null and void? I need someone to bail me out from underneath my truck and SUV payments. Sigh. The price you pay for living in areas with bad roads that require 4WD.
Ugh...:lol:
epcotWSC
Well-Known Member
Personally, I think that Rock 'n' Rollercoaster makes Test Track look like a terrible ride. I compare TT to RnR because they're both "car" rides with "high speeds." RnR does flips and goes from 0-60 in a ridiculous speed and is in the dark. TT just puts you through some boring stuff at the beginning then goes fast around a loop.
TT needs to be completely redone IMO. Get rid of the beginning, make it more like you're testing out some futuristic hydrogen, solar, electric, something, car. Just make the shell of the car look more futuristic, the other part is just storyline.
Make it start off really fast, have tight turns at high speeds, sudden stops, fast acceleration, avoiding obsticals, things like that. That would at least make it much more fun. Make it reckless like it's pushing the car's limits. That's what I would think of what I'd think of a test track. The way it is now is like driving a convertable on the highway. It's fun because you're not in control of the vehicle and it's a little jerky, but otherwise, not much difference. Doing something like what I said is not something people are going to do everyday in their car.
TT needs to be completely redone IMO. Get rid of the beginning, make it more like you're testing out some futuristic hydrogen, solar, electric, something, car. Just make the shell of the car look more futuristic, the other part is just storyline.
Make it start off really fast, have tight turns at high speeds, sudden stops, fast acceleration, avoiding obsticals, things like that. That would at least make it much more fun. Make it reckless like it's pushing the car's limits. That's what I would think of what I'd think of a test track. The way it is now is like driving a convertable on the highway. It's fun because you're not in control of the vehicle and it's a little jerky, but otherwise, not much difference. Doing something like what I said is not something people are going to do everyday in their car.
Disneyson 1
New Member
Prices will stay the same as competition gets more furious among the superior japanese, european, and other asian car manufacturers.
GM and Ford will probably get bought out by a foriegn auto company and they will use some of their classic designs like the Camaro in new cars but delete all the little useless divisions like Volvo.
Toyota and Honda may see sales decline but they are nowhere near of going bankrupt since they both have very sucessful high end environmentally friendly cars such at the Toyota Prius.
ChrisFL
Premium Member
PREMiERdrum
Well-Known Member
I'm not going to rant like I did a few pages back, but you are horribly uneducated on the issue. See:
http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/b...ports-rates-ford-and-japanese-brands-highest/
http://www.autoobserver.com/2007/06/jd-power-ford-is-a-winner.html
http://www.freep.com/article/20081124/BUSINESS01/311240002
Of the "Big 3", Chrysler is the one which is in the most danger, as they are 100% privately owned and in the most trouble. GM isn't in great shape, and very poorly managed, but I don't think they will be allowed to fail. Ford is doing just fine, and their proposal to congress CLEARLY states that they need $0 cash, just a line of credit to be used ONLY if the other two fold and take their suppliers with them.
And...
You mean like th Escape Hybrid, with the highest MPG of any SUV?
Or the new Fusion Hybrid, which is said to best the Camry Hybrid by "several" MPG?
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
Test Track would be harder than most attractions to de-theme from sponsorship, but not impossible. Signs would be easy enough to take down, and those that can't could probably be covered up with decals (like the "test data" signs in the queue and any GM decals on the cars themselves). They'd have to remove the GM patches from the costumes, but, again, not too hard to do. I think the hardest would be the pre-show video, though there could probably be some creative editing done to remove GM references. It's also possible, though unlikely, that they recorded an alternate, generic take of the video just in case this sort of situation arose. The post-show could be done a-la Global Neighborhood post-AT&T (walls). Not pretty, but cheap and effective. With the right preparation, I could see most of this happening within a week's time if necessary.
Keep in mind that the transitions from If You Had Wings to If You Could Fly and Delta Dreamflight to Take Flight happened very quickly, and IMO these sponsors were even more intertwined with their respective attractions.
Giraffe Lounge
Member
"NEW YORK (AP)—General Motors Corp. won’t be the automotive sponsor for the New York Yankees when the team’s new stadium opens next year.
Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost said Tuesday that Toyota and Audi will take over as the club’s auto sponsors. The new deals are for ballpark signage, as was the previous contract with GM.
General Motors was a Yankees sponsor from 2006-08.
“We understand their financial condition,” Trost said. “I think it was a mutual understanding.”
GM spokesman John McDonald said that in light of the current economic conditions, the automaker is reviewing all of its sponsorship activities as part of a plan to cut its marketing and promotions budget by 20 percent."
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...slug=ap-yankees-autosponsor&prov=ap&type=lgns
Not looking good...
Yankees chief operating officer Lonn Trost said Tuesday that Toyota and Audi will take over as the club’s auto sponsors. The new deals are for ballpark signage, as was the previous contract with GM.
General Motors was a Yankees sponsor from 2006-08.
“We understand their financial condition,” Trost said. “I think it was a mutual understanding.”
GM spokesman John McDonald said that in light of the current economic conditions, the automaker is reviewing all of its sponsorship activities as part of a plan to cut its marketing and promotions budget by 20 percent."
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_y...slug=ap-yankees-autosponsor&prov=ap&type=lgns
Not looking good...
TP2000
Well-Known Member
Yeah, GM is toast. They are circling the drain as I type.
I would think Toyota or Honda would make better sponsors in a park that is supposed to be about the future. Toyota and Honda both have a lot more fuel efficient and modern technology than the Detroit companies. Toyota has the Prius, of course, as well as other hybrid models in other current lines, and their expanded lineup of Prius sedans and coupes coming next year and beyond. And Honda is already selling the Clarity hydrogen powered fuel cell car to regular Americans here in SoCal. Yup, hydrogen powered cars are already here on SoCal freeways emitting nothing but water vapor, compliments of the genius minds at Honda.
If Detroit really does have electric and hydrogen powered cars available to consumers now like the Prius and the Clarity, they do a lousy job of letting people know. All I saw at the LA Auto Show this year from them were giant new trucks and big muscle cars with V8 engines. Honda and Toyota had amazing future energy displays as a contrast.
GM is just such an old 20th century company with old technology, I just don't think they have a place anymore sponsoring something in "Future World".
I would think Toyota or Honda would make better sponsors in a park that is supposed to be about the future. Toyota and Honda both have a lot more fuel efficient and modern technology than the Detroit companies. Toyota has the Prius, of course, as well as other hybrid models in other current lines, and their expanded lineup of Prius sedans and coupes coming next year and beyond. And Honda is already selling the Clarity hydrogen powered fuel cell car to regular Americans here in SoCal. Yup, hydrogen powered cars are already here on SoCal freeways emitting nothing but water vapor, compliments of the genius minds at Honda.
If Detroit really does have electric and hydrogen powered cars available to consumers now like the Prius and the Clarity, they do a lousy job of letting people know. All I saw at the LA Auto Show this year from them were giant new trucks and big muscle cars with V8 engines. Honda and Toyota had amazing future energy displays as a contrast.
GM is just such an old 20th century company with old technology, I just don't think they have a place anymore sponsoring something in "Future World".