Bye GM

So it seems almost inevitable that GM will either file chapter 11 or just completely go out of business. I can't imagine Obama will give them the $30billion they require to stay afloat.

Bye.

I have no pity for GM. Let's take a look at some of their flagship vehicles shall we:
-Hummer 2 - fuck these overgrown pieces of shit, starting at $50k getting 10mpg to take little Connor to soccer practice
-Escalade - another useless overgrown gas guzzling POS. Wait, they don't cost enough to begin with, better slap some 24s on it
-Corvette - 'vettes are sick and are not meant to be everyday transportation. Corvette, you are excused
-Impala - pretty boring, average to poor mpg, expensive w/ a base price of $25k.
-Malibu - is that an Impala? I can't tell the difference
-Silverado Pickup - starts at $21k for a stripped down 2-wheel drive work truck? I paid slightly more than that for my 4wheel drive long bed w/ auto trans in a DECENT economy. You're not blowing me away by topping out at 21mpg either
-Tahoe/Suburban - a slightly differenter (yeah, differenter) Hummer (see above for rant)
-HHR/Equinox/Traverse - what the fuck are you things supposed to be. Do people use you for work trucks, are you for families or do you just drive around looking stupid?
-Cobalt/Aveo - Wow, the Aveo is an ugly, bitchy little car. Bet it gets great mpg though. Right? No, it TOPS OUT at 34mpg. Probably going downhill with a tailwind being driven by a jockey with the windows up and no a/c. Oh cool, it's only $13k to start (Nissan's superior Versa starts under $10k)

Here's something I learned in my research: The new Corvette ZR1 produces an astonishing 638hp and can top out at 190mph. That's sick!! You know what's sicker? It gets 26mpg. Why can't I get a pickup with 200 measly hp that gets better than 15? Head scratcher there.

GM's website proudly proclaims 'Choose from 83 different models!'. Who the hell needs that much choice? No wonder they're going out of business. How are you supposed to effectively market and support 83 different models? There should be about 1/4 of that number. 1 little car, 2 sedans, 1 sports car, 1 exotic, 1 tiny SUV, 1 little SUV, 1 almost big SUV, 1 van and 2 pickups. That's 11 models that cover almost every base. OK, bump it up to 13 by adding an 'everyman' sports car and maybe 1 of those stupid crossovers.

The world does not need any more damn Hummers, Tahoes or Suburbans. Take a page out of Volvo's book GM. They have like 4 models and seem to still be successful. Even the other members of the big 3 have significantly fewer models.

I feel sorry for the workers that will probably lose their jobs. This will leave many households and even communities in ruin.

The only thing I can think of that will save GM is either a huge bailout that they will never have to repay or forced nationalism through excessive tariffs on imports or some shit. Oh wait, all the imports are made in Kentucky? Guess that plan is out the window. People these days seem more proud to have a foreign car that gets better mpg than one that was made in our own country. Maybe I'm a little hypocritical as I've owned a Volvo (great car btw).

We had our own little 'state of the company' talk today. I was happy to learn that when times were good my company had the foresight to sock money away and expand in a responsible and cautious manner. Because of this we're actually positioned to swoop in and take advantage of our flailing competition. Maybe GM could have stolen a page out of good ol' Alliance Material Handling's playbook. Hooray me!