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gmwsag · 10-12-2008, 07:48 PM

Even with 35% stake in the American market with such a merger, market share is not the end game. It's just breaking even and getting back into the green for simply one year. And to think that all of this mess is as a result of bad management during the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s: big investments into faux import-competitors Saturn and GEO, body cladding, platform sharing, Aztecs, picking up SAAB and HUMMER, and running the Pontiac and Buick nameplates into the ground.

It's just a big headache neither the government nor any sane person in their right mind would want to handle! I am so fed up with defending General Motors and the American industry and hoping for a total revitalization and comeback. It's NOT the fault of the transitioning market nor the American economy. It's directly the fault of the ridiculous people at GM.

I'm not afraid to say that the next car I will be buying will definitely be from a foreign competitor.

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gmwsag 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,872	Re: Merger, Who Is It Good For? A Big Al Rant Even with 35% stake in the American market with such a merger, market share is not the end game. It's just breaking even and getting back into the green for simply one year. And to think that all of this mess is as a result of bad management during the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s: big investments into faux import-competitors Saturn and GEO, body cladding, platform sharing, Aztecs, picking up SAAB and HUMMER, and running the Pontiac and Buick nameplates into the ground. It's just a big headache neither the government nor any sane person in their right mind would want to handle! I am so fed up with defending General Motors and the American industry and hoping for a total revitalization and comeback. It's NOT the fault of the transitioning market nor the American economy. It's directly the fault of the ridiculous people at GM. I'm not afraid to say that the next car I will be buying will definitely be from a foreign competitor.