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Old 08-07-2008, 11:08 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Re: Autosavant Editorial Asks: "Is Anyone Dumber Than a GM Executive?"

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Originally Posted by natesriv View Post
Oh, I'm aware #1 that most of the photos and press are from NON GM sources. I'm also aware of lead times. My point is (and this may be different with a WWW world we live in) but it wasn't so long ago that people were suprised by new models. I remember seeing the 95 Riviera in Car & Driver and having went "wow, when does that come out?" ..and it came out THAT YEAR

Side note: I drove the Astra and was unimpressed, too buzzy, not enought umph and a price about $3K higher than it should be.
Well sure it wasn't the greatest of ideas to show the concept so soon. But failure to even release anything would cause the car to go further under their own radar and potentially getting itself killed. If there weren't so many contracts behind this new Camaro would have had this years ago. This has nothing to do with being GM's fault. This is all a government of Quebec and Canada issue, as well as unions.
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