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**Ming** · 07-18-2008, 11:14 PM

Thanks jcgable, but I must admit some selfishness in my focus on GM focusing on small cars (again). See, I was a fan of small GM cars back when it wasn't cool to be a fan of GM small cars. I regret selling my 4-cylinder powered 1986 Pontiac 6000 station wagon and I'd love to own a 1987 Buick Skyhawk Turbo hatchback coupe. The reliability was not great, and the rampant rebadging awful, but the concept, the fuel economy, and the price points of those 1980's GM cars were spot on.

Add on top of that my experiences with small cars in Japan, and you have what made my tastes end up where they are today, after a couple of years of being distracted by larger cars and trucks and "bigger is better" mentality (I still love my Bonneville, though).

The majority of traditional GM fans on a site like this are more than likely going to be Camaro/Truck/Corvette/Big Sedan Cadillac/SUV big-horsepower types of guys. So I've developed a thick skin over the years, and just keep pushing my point of view, hoping someone will listen before it's too late, and my chance to see cars like those I liked so much return are gone, never to return.

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Ming GMI Staff Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: SE Texas Posts: 13,396	Re: GM sharpens focus on small cars; Bringing overseas models to the U.S. key to succ Thanks jcgable, but I must admit some selfishness in my focus on GM focusing on small cars (again). See, I was a fan of small GM cars back when it wasn't cool to be a fan of GM small cars. I regret selling my 4-cylinder powered 1986 Pontiac 6000 station wagon and I'd love to own a 1987 Buick Skyhawk Turbo hatchback coupe. The reliability was not great, and the rampant rebadging awful, but the concept, the fuel economy, and the price points of those 1980's GM cars were spot on. Add on top of that my experiences with small cars in Japan, and you have what made my tastes end up where they are today, after a couple of years of being distracted by larger cars and trucks and "bigger is better" mentality (I still love my Bonneville, though). The majority of traditional GM fans on a site like this are more than likely going to be Camaro/Truck/Corvette/Big Sedan Cadillac/SUV big-horsepower types of guys. So I've developed a thick skin over the years, and just keep pushing my point of view, hoping someone will listen before it's too late, and my chance to see cars like those I liked so much return are gone, never to return. __________________ The Latest: Necromancer A Web Browser for the Commodore 64? Last edited by Ming : 07-18-2008 at 11:19 PM.