[Aprime]

You're forgetting about a lack or simply misplacement of dealerships.

The only Quebec-side dealer here is in Aylmer, which is on the other side of town, 50 Kilometers away from my place of residence. In Ontario you've got the one close to the 417 and Turpin.

Meanwhile they're building a new Mazda and Mitsu dealership and a single street corner in Hull is served by two Chrysler dealerships and two GM dealerships (albeit, one's a Pontiac GMC Buick dealer while the other one is your run of the mill Chevy Cadillac dealer), there's little to differentiate the Chrysler dealership aside from the design of their buildings and the color of their signs. The new Saturns are doing well here for the most part. Unfortunately the Astra isn't, and that's because of its price point (but what the hell, leasing or financing one is a lot more advantageous than either two of GM's other hatchbacks (HHR, Vibe), and I believe you can service your Saturn at any GM location under warranty here). But I know the people around my age love the idea of Saturns being Opels. If they can prove themselves reliability-wise, I expect a lot of youth import sales to be taken away from... Well, the imports and back into GM. They despise Chevy but love Saturn. :P My close friend will be one of the firsts (currently owns a Golf, which is a pain in his ass, but he loves Euro cars). He's already drooling over the Corsa and I have yet to announce him that I'll be riding in an Astra from now on, due to the epic fail of this GMDAT.

Man I can't wait to switch to an Astra... Test-driving the little bast*rd tomorrow, hoping I won't be disappointed (so far I love it, but driving dynamics is what I want to know - I don't mind the lack of the power. Also would love to know about the fuel economy, but that's another story. FYI I now average 39MPG (auto) in my current car, but it's not exactly anything close to nervous, and we all know that a sporty attitude and a nervous powertrain means lower fuel economy unless you're a driving God of some sort).

Anyhow - I see less and less Camrys these days and more and more Accords and Malibus. The sighting ratio's pretty equal and I'm glad GM doesn't have the image problem I once believed it had. Irreliability doesn't seem to matter much to people here provided the product is good (not saying that Chevies are unreliable, but people will gladly step into a Volkswagen, even with their reputation).