Following in the footsteps of Korean automaker Hyundai, General Motors and Ford Motor Company, made announcements March 31, 2009 that it would make the car payments for customers who lose their jobs, up to 12 months.
Hyundai Motor Company has had a similar program since January, 2009 and states that its sales have risen 4.9%, its program initially stated that customers could return the vehicle without damaging the customer’s credit. It has since made a temporary change that states that Hyundai will make up to three months of car payments (leases and loans).
General Motors program called GM Total Confidence Program will provide payment protection for two years. The program will make nine vehicle payments of up to $500.00 a month for its new vehicle purchasers on vehicles purchased by April 30, 2009.
Ford Motor Company announced its Ford Advantage Plan that will make vehicle payments up to 12 months with a maximum payment amount of $700.00. Customers must purchase a vehicle by June 1, 2009 and the program will accept claims until December 31, 2009.
General Motors made an additional announcement regarding Trade-In protection to customers who sometimes end up owing more on a vehicle than its current value. GM said that it would provide limited trade-in protection on GM vehicles purchased with a finance contract up to six years and would further require that customer to be midway through the contract before the trade takes place. In a further major move GM began touting its 5 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty as the “best coverage in the industry”.
General Motors is not stating that the government recently announced that it would back the warranties of its vehicles, should the company go into bankruptcy. Mark LaNeve, GM vice president of North America vehicles sales, service and marketing stated, “We’re not using the word government or using that level of detail” were just stating that the warranties are “fully backed”.
Ford is confident that the new program along with its current line of 0% financing offers on most of its vehicle line up will shrink sales declines in recent months as stated by John Felice, General Manager of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury. He went on to say that the current offer is low risk by Ford, which is buying insurance to cover potential payouts, he would not disclose the cost of the program but described it as nominal.
These programs are anticipated to bring confidence back into dealers’ showrooms and resuscitate life back into the ailing auto industry. GM and Chrysler have 60 and 30 days respectively to provide the Federal Government satisfactory plans to turn around its companies or face bankruptcy. The lifeline that they have lived on for the last few months has tightened considerably and is near being completely cut off.
The automakers immediately began touting the programs online and consumers should start to seem them in print and radio in the next couple of days. For complete details of these programs check the company websites and ask dealers for a complete copy of these programs so that consumers maintain any compliance issue.
Hyundai Motor Company has had a similar program since January, 2009 and states that its sales have risen 4.9%, its program initially stated that customers could return the vehicle without damaging the customer’s credit. It has since made a temporary change that states that Hyundai will make up to three months of car payments (leases and loans).
General Motors program called GM Total Confidence Program will provide payment protection for two years. The program will make nine vehicle payments of up to $500.00 a month for its new vehicle purchasers on vehicles purchased by April 30, 2009.
Ford Motor Company announced its Ford Advantage Plan that will make vehicle payments up to 12 months with a maximum payment amount of $700.00. Customers must purchase a vehicle by June 1, 2009 and the program will accept claims until December 31, 2009.
General Motors made an additional announcement regarding Trade-In protection to customers who sometimes end up owing more on a vehicle than its current value. GM said that it would provide limited trade-in protection on GM vehicles purchased with a finance contract up to six years and would further require that customer to be midway through the contract before the trade takes place. In a further major move GM began touting its 5 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty as the “best coverage in the industry”.
General Motors is not stating that the government recently announced that it would back the warranties of its vehicles, should the company go into bankruptcy. Mark LaNeve, GM vice president of North America vehicles sales, service and marketing stated, “We’re not using the word government or using that level of detail” were just stating that the warranties are “fully backed”.
Ford is confident that the new program along with its current line of 0% financing offers on most of its vehicle line up will shrink sales declines in recent months as stated by John Felice, General Manager of Ford, Lincoln and Mercury. He went on to say that the current offer is low risk by Ford, which is buying insurance to cover potential payouts, he would not disclose the cost of the program but described it as nominal.
These programs are anticipated to bring confidence back into dealers’ showrooms and resuscitate life back into the ailing auto industry. GM and Chrysler have 60 and 30 days respectively to provide the Federal Government satisfactory plans to turn around its companies or face bankruptcy. The lifeline that they have lived on for the last few months has tightened considerably and is near being completely cut off.
The automakers immediately began touting the programs online and consumers should start to seem them in print and radio in the next couple of days. For complete details of these programs check the company websites and ask dealers for a complete copy of these programs so that consumers maintain any compliance issue.
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