[yoblues]

GM tried to start the turnaround by investing billions in Caddy, This was a good move as Caddy is the flagship. It's seems to have succeeded. My understanding is that Buick is next for the cash infusion. This is a Lousy decision. Chevy, the Toyota/Honda competition, should have been next for the big buck infusion. You simply have to get Chevy competative for GM to really take off in the car market. If you can get Chevy to really take off, you will have plenty of money to turn everything else around. You can worry about Buick and Pontiac later. You can also dump Saturn and having two truck lines Chevy/GMC is really stupid.

 

[yoblues]

GM (and the other two) began this nosedive car wise 30 years ago. First GM lost the people like me, former GM buyers (one generation) and then the (second generation) that has grown up with Japaneese cars. Most people buy things (cars) that they are familliar with and have proven their reliability. If your going to get people to change you must go one better than your rival. Gm has not gone one better it is just barely catching up. I have come to the conclusion it may never really catch up. WHY? For the same reason the U.S. Government barely works. It got so BIG it has become unmanageable. I said this before. Toyota has two main divisions (I don't think Scion will be around very long) Honda has two main divisions. They sell these two divisions worldwide. GM has 5 car and 2 truck divisions in the U.S. alone and then you get to it's overseas companies and partnerships. ADVANTAGE: Toyota/Honda They use their engineering and design talent on two lines. The management chain of command for two lines is far smaller than GM's. They build the same cars in their overseas factories. They are just leaner meaner companies. Face facts. the big two (the third one is now a German company) are in trouble, if the truck/suv market ever gets wobbily they are in serious trouble.

 

[yoblues]

The thing is Buick is not and will never be GM's saviour. Chevy is the key here. Chevy is the division that takes on Toyota/Honda cars/trucks. Buick is for Lexus/Acura. If you get Chevy roaring (sales with big rebates is not roaring to me) you go a long way in insolving the problem. Pour the money into Chevy, when chevy can out Toyota, Toyota, the problems are over.