Your definition of “interesting” varies from others. I could care less about horsepower. Completely, totally irrelevant.

If you want to be subjective, I’ll tell you that there’s probably been a grand total of three GM cars that have a whit of attractiveness: 1) Corvette, 2) Camaro, 3) To some degree, the latest model year Malibu. The vast majority of the remainder of the GM lineup are without a doubt the ugliest group of vehicles to ever hit the road. And it’s been like that now since the late 60′s/early 70′s.

From a pure aesthetics perspective, American roads will be far easier on the eyes if GM disappears.

Out of principle, unless drastic changes are made (like restoring GM to stockholder ownership) I will never again buy a Government Motors vehicle. The same for Chrysler. As long as Ford doesn’t sell out, they will remain on my short list along with my personal favorites, Honda and Toyota.

Saturn made really good cars with a fanatical following. But GM managed to blow it.

What was supposed to be an outside-of-the-box American line of cars has become nothing more than a badge to be affixed to various Opel, GMC, Chevy and Saab products.

- JP

Time to take that ’69 Boss 429 Mustang out of the garage, dust it off, and see whit it will fetch.

- JP

The only folks that will be buying GM – Chrysler are the same ones who bought into sub-prime loans…Obama will be able to cook the books for awhile and “sales” will appear to be up….In a year it will crash hard because all along those people were not paying for the cars…..
Obama should be a juggler at the circus.

Weren’t SUV’s created for soccer moms so
it would be easier to strap their children into those
removeable seats without bending over and breaking their back?
And weren’t these restraining seats mandated by law?
The new GM cars will be smaller, less safe, low horsepower(which will do great at high altitudes) unable to tow anything etc.
I did like the 1969 Camaro SS 396 with 350 horsepower.
Now it’s Toyota for me.

The government will change all necessary laws to ensure GM becomes the #1 car seller in America.

For instance, AP reports the Justice Department is ramping up its antitrust efforts: In a statement, Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney said the change is “the clearest way to let everyone know that the Antitrust Division will be aggressively pursuing cases where monopolists try to use their dominance in the marketplace to stifle competition and harm consumers.”

Obama can direct new standards in emissions, safety, manufacturing, etc.. use tax dollars to retool factories, and sell at lower prices (with special govt. financing and/or rebates) than other manufacturers. I can even see him going so far as making ownership of cars that don’t meet new standards illegal, thus forcing the purchase of Government Motor cars.

What – they gonna hold a gun to my head??
Obama is opening another Pandoras box.
The rest of the world will declare an open economic war
on America – on all fronts if Obama and his thugs try
car stunts like these….
The faster Obama pushes – the faster he hastens his demise.

..until it is returned to private citizens..

Make a deal with the devil, you’re going to loose. And, I will not support the UAW and their willing sellout politicians..

FAIL!
BYE!

Last month I had to say goodbye to my F-150 since the child seat didn’t fit in back, and I wasn’t about to put it in the front seat (even with turning off the airbag). So we did the ever-fun task of car shopping. I noticed how many Priuses (Priui?) were for sale at the Toyota dealers around, both new and used. There used to be a backlog of people waiting several months to buy them. The additional $8000 over a comparable Corolla just isn’t much of a draw these days I guess.

BTW, we settled on a Honda Pilot – big enough for me over the CR-V and Toyota’s Highlander and Rav4, small enough for my wife over me wanting to go bigger towards the Expedition. Rides nice, seats 8, has good HP. We’re now an all-Honda family.

I still miss my truck.

The two Government Motors companies will be able to off-load their legacy costs to the taxpayers. No labor concessions will be tolerated in the bankruptcy reorganization of GM and Chrysler, so the labor cost bar will be set and GM and Chrysler will have the advantage of having off-loaded their retiree costs.

Ford on the other hand, will be tortured by the government and the UAW if it does anything to control its labor costs or puts up any resistance to draconian CAFE and safety regulations. Ultimately, Ford will be forced into the government motors pattern or it will suffer such a price disadvantage that no matter how much people want to support Ford, they won’t pay to do it.

As to the transplants, card check will put them in the same place as Ford. In the unlikely event that card check legislation is unsuccessful, the governments regulatory powers and taxation powers will bring them furrin’ companies to heel.

It’s a brave new world. If you like real cars, buy one now, but you might have to hide it and only drive it late at night and way out in the country in a few years.

would probably still be discontinued. I’ll admit that I’m a bleeding “Heart of America” guy when it comes to cars like the ‘Vette or Camaro. Sadly, Pontiac seems doomed in any scenario.

It would be horrible to see some country like China buying the “brand” at a song and marketing Chicom muscle cars.

but I still don’t like government telling us what we can buy, which is effectively what this bailout has done. No cars for me from any of the big 3 in the future no matter what name they wind up selling under. They sold out the American dream, they don’t get a dime from me if I can prevent it. They’re already getting too many that I can’t prevent.

Certainly not me. I won’t support either the Obama Motor Co. or the UAW directly now or ever. I have a Chevy Tahoe now and when it’s time to replace it it will be a Ford, maybe, or a “foreign” brand.

And I only have anecdotal evidence to support this statement but Liberals don’t buy Big 3 vehicles. Conservatives do because we like trucks and SUV’s a lot more than the eco-guilt ridden Liberals, so if even a small fraction of us boycott GM and Chrysler, can they survive?

First I can tell some of you have little clue about driving. You certainly have no clue what it is like to have the secondaries of a Q-Jet go WOT under your right foot. Nor do you know if the car you are driving now has understeer or oversteer. As an old “Gear Head” I have been attacked by the government since the 70’s and for those that have unplugged your EGR only to find a burnt valve you know this to be true. There was the Energy Tax Act of 1978 instituted a Gas Guzzler Tax and now we have the government directly involved with the production of automobiles. More importantly this is almost a religion that is being attacked, for some and a true American symbol as important as the US flag that is about to be lost. It would be a true tragedy if this was lost and a blatant attack on individuality. I consider such actions taken by our government as treason and sedition, such social engineering is totally unacceptable.

When you have four kids that require 2 hockey bags and a stroller, the only option for transportation is a Suburban. Believe me, we tried a smaller SUV, but nothing could hold it all.
How is all this supposed to fit into a Gremlin?
I don’t support Ford currently, as they are Planned Parenthood supporters and I’m not buying a family hauler from them. I’m not supporting Government Motors when this Suburban gives up the ghost either.
What is left? Toyota? Will other foreign car companies step up to fill the void?

there are times when they all come to visit. In the case of my sister and b-i-l, sometimes only the Ford Expedition has enough room.

- JP