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GM should get rid for GMTv and save some money. Who watches this show? Employees? They should get back to work. GM fans? How about making some good news instead of spinning bad news? I can only imagine how much it costs. GM has such a poor PR department, they might as well cut it to the bone and drop fluff pieces like GMTv. The PR team has done nothing, absolutely nothing, to counter all the bad press, so why keep them? Any important message from management would be distributed by e-mail. GM needs to hunker down and get to work. Mark

Having York on the board of GM would be a good thing. He did wonders at Chrysler and IBM. Yes, many people lost their jobs, but both of those company came out of these changes much stronger than before. GM needs people who can make the hard, difficult decisions to make GM great again. The current management is working around the edges here and nothing is happening fast enough. Mark

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It's hard to get too excited about this car. It's a Buick copy of a Grand Prix GXP and Impala SS. Whoopee. Mark

How will GM have access to cheaper money? It will cost GM more money to get it on the market since they will bleed more red ink without GMAC. Their crediting rating will go down, not up. GM's auto business is dragging GMAC down more than anything else. The $14B from selling GM would HAVE to turn GM around. If it didn't, GM would have nothing left to sell or mortgage that anyone would want. The only advantage to selling GMAC, other than the tempory cash infusion, is that it will absolutely force them to make money selling cars. They are a car company after all. Mark

A standard 400 HP V8 and 6 speed auto. That is great news! Now if we can get an independent rear suspension... Mark

When your avatar is a communist revolutionary and your "about" page spouts socialist and communist ideals, I can't help but laugh at the thought that you think people will take you seriously. Mark

I think we will be hearing "it will be ready in about 10 years" for many years to come. Mark

This pricing is too high. GM continues to act like Cadillac has a great reputation for superior cars and can justify these prices. Do they think they are better than Lexus or Inifinti? What are they drinking? Can someone point to a comparison review where the STS beat anything new from Germany or Japan? With the STS non-V being so average (actually below average), we cannot expect a magical transformation on the STS-v. Same goes for the XLR. The STS non-V is $10K too much and now the STS-V is $10K too much. The XLR is in crazy territory for no good reason other than the perceived competition is up there. Does the XLR have the history of the SL class? No way. Does crap like this matter to snobby rich people? Yes. The CTS-v was very price competitive when it came out. It was inferior to its competition in many ways (crude and cheap), but at least it was a lot less than the competition. Now it's clear GM wants to make the V series extremely exclusive (that can be good) and taylor to only GM die-hards (bad). GM continues to baffle and disappoint me in so many ways. Mark

It really irrates me when people open their mouths to tout how OK from GM is good enough. :P How about we demand and expect world class cars from the world larger car company? To get to your point, the Cobalt SS is getting good reviews, but keep in mind it beat a 4 year old Acura. The Cobalt non-SS has not won one single comparison test I've read. The HHR has been pitted against the PT Cruiser and I believe won one and lost one that I've read. Not too steller for a new cars vs a 5 year old car. Mark

From what I understand about this technology, it's not a hybrid in any real sense. It's simply a engine start/stop technology. There are not electric motors to give the wheel or regenerator brakes or large batter pack. The simplicity of the system is appealing. Mark

Good idea for an article. I'll grade these products by how good they are compared to the competition, not if they are good for sales or compared to their predecesors. Let's see, "A" is excellent, "B" is above average, "C" is supposed to be average, "D" is below average, and "F" is terrible. Aveo: C- (what's not below average about this car?) Cobalt: C (has not one one comparison test, mid-pack finishes at best) Colorado: D+ (better than the Ranger, but nothing else) Corvette: A- (interior cheapness holds it back) Equinox: B- (nice looks, crappy engine) Impala: C (it reeks average/bland/dull) HHR: C+ (a decent knockoff of the PT, but loses some comparos to it (amazing) and adds nothing to the market) Malibu: C (ugly, dull, and cheap looking) Monte Carlo: C- (still ugly and average) Uplander: F+ (it MIGHT beat the Freestar, whoopee) Average: C- Except the Corvette, none of these products are best of breed or world class for their price point. They are OK, but OK gets you a "C". Mark

I agree. GM needs a good cleaning that targets the useless ranks of people still at the company. Early buyouts is not what is needed. Targeted layoffs of poor contributors is what is needed. Now if they could only do this to UAW folks. Mark

Having York on the board would be a good thing for GM. The board has proven to be spineless and ineffective for a long time. New blood is needed. Mark

The old 90 degree V6 Buick engine is a fundamentally flawed engine. It's a V8 cut to be a V6. The balance shafts the put in the motor to smooth the vibration caused by its 90 degree configuration reflect this comprimise. 60 degrees is the best angle for V6 engines. We all the know the #1 reason GM insists on making OHV engines is to save money. Since saving money is the #1 priority for them, one of the two motors needed to be put the pasture eventually. Splitting their R&D dollars on both is a waste of resources. We could say the same about having a family of OHV and OHC V6 engines. As for GM not getting awards for their engines, they don't have many to crow about. The Corvette V8 is great for its performance and fuel efficiency. This one is legitimate. However, the truck engines are OK, but no longer the best. The Northstar has been overshadowed by other engines from Infiniti, Lexus, BMW, etc. The Northstar V series may be good, but still won't beat the best from AMG. The Ecotec is considered noisy and not particularly fuel efficient. The OHC and OHV V6 engines are all at best mearly OK. I guess the Duramax diesel is good. Am I missing something in GM's engine porfolio that is arguably best of breed beside the LS2/LS7? Mark

By the time GM is ready with its hybrids, it will be slapped around endlessly by the media for being late to the party and their products will invariably be a generation behind the leaders. A lot can happen in 10 years when hydrogen will just begin to make sense for production. Toyota has a lot of money it can throw at this technology or buy from other companies while GM will continue to pay down its legacy costs. It's sad to say, but I simply can't find this a postitive trend for GM. Mark

I looked over an Impala SS this weekend. It was OK. The styling is bland beyond belief. The Impala is so completely dull to look at, it makes the Camry look sporty. That alone would turn me off from buying the car. The interior was nice enough. Everything had a high quality feel to it and it all looked very well put together. The stlying of the interior was mearly OK. It's very conventional. This is another example of GM saying, "this is good enough". It's better looking inside than the Camry, but I think the Accord and newer Altima look better and offer more features inside. The seats were not supportive enough for an "SS". The back seats was disappointly short on leg room considering how long this car it. The floor mounted parking brake is a turn off, but common in bigger cars like this. The stereo had a constant low hiss on XM and FM when turned on which was very disappointing. This would not be noticeable when the car was running, but still sounded bad. I'd get a GP GXP before this one, but then again, there are many other cars I would buy before either the Impala or GP for these prices. This particular one had an MSRP of $32 with leather and a moon roof. I would say it should be priced about $4K less. This car competes just OK with the competition (Accord, Camry, Altima, Maxima) today which are all several years old. I don't hold any hope that it will look competitive in a couple of years when the marketplace moves on. Mark

This just helps prove that there isn't much "all new" about the GMT-900. A better interior, a refreshed exterior, some power train improvements, and that's about it. It's all good, but it doesn't sound good enough to stay competitive for a more than a couple of years. Mark