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Tell us how you really feel Mr. DeLorenzo. Well written article.

^^ What he said ^^ The wagons too of course.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090312/bs_nm/us_gm_funding_2 Hopefully this is the start of some good news. Unfortunately saving money by cutting programs (diesel for pickups) isn't going to help in the long term.

Yeah, that's what they said about Zeta too originally. My faith in GM is waning quickly. I know several who were 'holding out' purchase of a truck waiting for the diesel.

Yeah, that pretty much jaded me to the rest of the article too.

Cool! I think I would actually like that, even if it is yellow.

I just read the same elsewhere. Not good at all. This would have been a great for their pickups...

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...&refer=home

Not really sure which section this should be in so posting here. Mod's please move if there's a more appropriate section. A great gesture from a bona fide car guy. http://www.cnbc.com/id/29616467/site/14081545%3F

If it 'had' to be new and GM wasn't building? Ford product most likely, probably Lincoln. Or a European make, BMW, VW/Audi... something like that. I'd probably stick with a 'gently used' GM though. If GM goes under completely, low mile used GM's will be dirt cheap and could keep me going for more than a few years.

http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet...amp;docid=52742 Click the link for the charts.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090303/auto_sales.html?.v=8

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090303/as_japan_toyota.html?.v=8

I completely agree. Not everyone lives in the snow belt either. On the RARE occasion when I truly need AWD, I go get the truck out of the barn and throw it in 4WD. Should AWD be available? Absolutely. Should AWD be standard? Absolutely NOT! This isn't the SUV/Crossover market, it's the sedan market.

With the death of Zeta, we kind of knew the STS/DTS replacement wouldn't end up rear drive. Quite sad. There are only two reasons I'm considering an STS over a DTS and one of those is because it's not rear drive. I have no need for AWD, just reduces gas mileage from my perspective. Though I understand there are those who desire (and to a lesser degree need) the AWD capabilities. Guess I need to get my order in before they kill off the STS. If Caddy goes FWD/AWD at least I'll have a reason to look at Lincoln again.... sigh....

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090226/D96J8RGG0.html

Oh my! I always enjoyed looking at all the shiny GM's when driving by on my way to Ocean City (MD) Very sad to see such a large dealer closing. Typically the larger dealerships are the ones able to weather tough economies better than smaller ones. Scary.

I've been pondering a lineup for B-P-G based on Saturn going away and Pontiac becoming 'niche'. My two cents worth: Buick: Regal (or some other named, Opel based "entry" model, basically a reworked Aura with a content/price point starting just above the Malibu LTZ) LaCrosse Lucerne (though it needs some updating) Enclave Pontiac: G6 (coupe and convertible ONLY) Solstice G8 GMC: (not a market of interest to me so I'm not to sure here) Acadia (priced and content below Enclave but above the Traverse) Yukon Sierra Canyon Hummer (make the H3/H3t just a Hummer, sell as a premium offroad model under GMC, maybe not doable but a way to keep the brand alive as a niche product) Hardly perfect I'm sure but my ponderings none the less.

Well, at least they're consistent.

Apparently I can no longer edit my posts? Here is the document from GM's site: http://preprodha.ecomm.gm.com:8221/us/gm/e...t/docs/plan.pdf

I found this PD of GM's plan, reading through it now.... http://blog.robertsalomon.com/wp-content/u...cturingplan.pdf

Rather than start a new thread, here's another article. Pontiac isn't mentioned but Hummer is. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090217/bs_nm/us_gm_3

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090212/business_us_gm_saic.html?.v=6

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/toyo...t=TQP_Mod_mktwN

Looks like a bit more than "just" a billion... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090206/bs_nm/us_autos_3