Kid_Again
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- Joined
- Jul 6, 2004
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- NJ - Which exit you from?
- Corvette
- 65 SB Roadster, 66 BB Coupe
for me, the best summary was a graph of declining market share over time with the various GM CEO's saying that they had turned the corner on quality, only to see the market share slide continuously from CEO to CEO they interviewed a few people shopping at a toyota dealership and asked them whether they would consider an american brand and the interviews that aired said that they had been burned by domestic poor quality and poor ergonomics and were now happy with their imports which is exactly where we are as a family...the GM claims of high gas mileage mean nothing, all i can see is my wife's former buick somerset regal being towed to the dealer yet again for a major (warranty) rebuild...or her brand new Olds Omega X car that left a puddle of trans fluid wherever we went sure, my cr-v has been recalled four times, nobody's perfect but it's an '02 and reliable as hell it's only a matter of time before what's left of the Big Three is nationalized or bought at rock bottom prices by sharks like Cerberus you have to feel bad for companies like seaway fasteners which was also featured as a supplier whose sales were 50% leveraged by GM but the woman who was interviewed was absolutely correct...blame the likes of Rick Wagoner, Fritz whatzisname and their mentors for the problems and get their asses out of there why doesn't the GM Board go off and make a game-changer...make Ralph Nader CEO....while I don't agree with his politics, you would see a completely different compnay - bye bye Tahoe, Escalade and yes, even the Corvette (over time)...don't complain, your Corvettes just became instant collectors items ...in 5 years, the Corvette will reappear as a turbodiesel-electric hybrid with 0-60 of 5 seconds and 40mpg, and that's just the start