[Ric Cortez]

WOW, you are all brilliant! Every Pontiac car was designed for a specific group of people.
As person new to the industry many products are developed with a long range plan, to keep a customer coming back to GM and to upscale to a more expensive model. Just because you cannot envision a large group of our society that has a certin requirement for each vehicle purpose you have decided against Pontiac. Buick should go,as their is no new small cars in their line up and none planned that I know of, the cost would be less than Oldsmobile. The public relations impact would be hard to overcome.
GM needs some diesels engines and NOW in the US. The new 2.9L V6 diesel by VM would be an excellant choice for midsize cars. and the 1.4L would be excellant for compact cars. The new 4.6 V8 diesel would be excellant in the HUMMER and pickups size vehicle. The customers need for a high MPG city vehicle must be met and now.
VOLKSWAGEN AND HONDA WILL BRING CLEAN DIESEL TO THE US THIS YEAR. BOTH WITH 40MPG CITY. 50+ HWAY. GM CAN BRING THE SATURN ASTRA FROM GERMANY WITH 1 OR MORE CHOICES OF DIESEL ENGINES. Before you argue against diesel engines add up the miles per dollar. Diesel is the way to go!! Until hgih efficency batteries can be made.