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Originally Posted by mrhills0146
When was the last time you drove a GM vehicle?
Have you driven:
Chevy Malibu?
Pontiac G8?
Pontiac G6 GXP?
Chevy Corvette?
Chevy Cobalt?
Cadillac CTS?
Cadillac STS?
Buick Enclave?
Buick Lucerne?
The "GM makes crap" argument might have held water in the mid 1990s but it is no longer true. GMs issues are financial - centered around past products, not the current set. I maintain that their vehicles are as good or better than any other vehicle in the same price category.
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I agree! I'm tired of hearing people say "well they need to start making more fuel efficient cars, etc..." In reality, though, they do offer some decent competition. I mean, the Cobalt XFE gets 37 hwy, which is hard to beat. The Malibu supposedly gets 33 hwy. Efficiency isn't the issue..maybe GM can have a strike against it for having more trucks, but if you buy a truck, what do you expect in mileage?
I'm not saying that GM and Ford quality is stellar, but it certainly isn't as bad as everyone makes it seem. Unfortunately, I think most people are using GMs
reputation against it today. Just like everyone is using Honda's reputation of the 1990s to claim it is the best thing since sliced bread..and how everyone thinks MB is crap because it had some dark years at the turn of the century.
So, all these green people can scream all they want about having the Chevy Volt be available tomorrow, yet I think people STILL wouldn't buy it. It isn't going to save them, so I hope they don't bother.
I am still convinced that offering LESS models, and having some euro-spec diesel engines are what are going to be the short term sales solution. Or, they can go under and then maybe we'll be buying Renaults again. Who knows.
When the Volt is ready, then it can come out. Ignoring everything else in the mean time to rush the Volt into production would probably be a huge mistake.