General Motors Death Watch 104: TMI? Mr. Farago continues is attack on poor General Motors who never did nuthin' to no one. And it's Christmas, too! Heartless!
In fact, I reckon nothing significant has changed over at RenCen since we began this chronicle of GM's declining fortunes. Factories are closed. Departing workers have been paid off. Output has declined. New products have been launched. And? GM is still staggering around under the weight of the same old stodgy leadership, cannibalistic dealers, obstreperous unions, half-baked products, marketing misfires, "not an incentive really" fire-sales, Bacchinalian auto shows (how much is that Carmen in the window?), backdraft cash burn, etc.Heh. (We had to get a dictionary for half those words, but it still qualifies as a "heh.")
That's a snap of the 2007 Chevy Malibu. Don't buy one. The 2008s will be far mo betta.
See, I don't think the GM product line is all that bad. Some of the cars do suck. Some are mediocre. But a lot of them are really decent. The problems are twofold: a) the fact that GM has a really skinny press fleet, so few journalists get to spend quality time in their cars (at About.com Cars, we actually had to rent a 2007 Cobalt sedan in order to review one!) and b) lots of journalists seem to think that everyone aspires to a BMW. GM just doesn't get a fair break in the press.
Posted by: Aaron Gold | Sunday, December 24, 2006 at 05:03 PM