The effects of the crisis starts to feel among the car companies. From 2002 to 2008 GM "lost" 93000 employees from 177000 they had in 2002. But they won`t stop here - this year they want to fire another 13.400 in an attempt to save the company. Ford and Chrysler don`t stand to well either. http://www.fordreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/fordgm-thumb.jpg
Yes, the Russia is affected by the general crisis as well. This combined with the falling prices on oil makes a hard time for the Russian people and thus for the car sales. Ford is also affected and they`ll stop the production at their factory in Russia for 1 month. The same thing announced Renault regarding thttp://www.fordreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fordlogo-thumb.jpg
