bigsteff
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What's the issue here? Are some people embarrassed because the parent company is Chevrolet, the "middle-American" brand. Do you think a Corvette would be cooler if it would be an independent company? I seriously doubt that Corvette could survive as an independent company. I applaud Chevrolet for continuing to fund the brand year after year, good times or bad.
For people who need a personal image boost, they can always buy a Mercedes mini-van or a BMW SUV.
One of the reasons Corvettes are affordable is because they can share tooling with high-volume cars, and Chevrolet uses the Corvette brand as their advanced R & D. That means I can buy world-class performance and a care with a serious racing pedigree for a price 1/2 to 1/3 for cars of similar performance.
PS, for those who use this thread to take a cheap shot at Obama, I suggest they spend their time studying economics and history.
Economics: look up the number of people that are employed both directly and indirectly by GM and imagine the impact on our already-stressed economy to have them all out of work at the same time.
History: It was your boy who destroyed the economy in the first place. The last time one of our guys was in the white house, he balanced the budget and had a surplus projected to pay off the national debt by 2012. Not to mention that 75% of our national debt was run up by Reagan, and Bush Sr and Jr. Stop watching Fox news and read a history book.
I agree with most of your statements (especially the last 3) but it would be nice to be treated with a little more class ...