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TheWraith · 12-03-2004, 05:05 PM

2-3 years ago, i had pretty much no faith in gm whatsoever, but I'd say that things are starting to look a bit more promising for the future. Make no mistake, there's a lot of room for improvement though. They started on a decline in the mid 90's, and just kept pissing me off from there. Getting rid of the impala/caprice platform, dangling stuff like the syclone and typhoon in people's faces for a couple years but not carrying it over to the new model, coming out with an amazing showcar like the pontiac GPX, and then severely watering it down to come out with the 97 grand prix gtp because the trans they had sucked a dick. Then by the time the f-body was discontinued, I was no longer a fan at all of GM. In fact at the time I bought my GTP in 2000, it was the only new gm vehicle at all I would have considered owning, and it was not even my top choice really, it just wound up making sense at the time given circumstances.

However gm is slowly but surely starting to turn that around, and by the end of this decade i think things will be back on track for the most part. The problem right now, and what brings comments like that in al's post about is that GM absolutely does not have comparable products to competitors, and they can't admit their current lineup is **** for fear of pissing off too many customers. So while I see why comments like that are made, it is laughable. Hopefully the "dark ages" of gm are coming to an end.

12-03-2004, 05:05 PM	#6
TheWraith Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Allentown, Pa Posts: 257 iTrader: (0)	2-3 years ago, i had pretty much no faith in gm whatsoever, but I'd say that things are starting to look a bit more promising for the future. Make no mistake, there's a lot of room for improvement though. They started on a decline in the mid 90's, and just kept pissing me off from there. Getting rid of the impala/caprice platform, dangling stuff like the syclone and typhoon in people's faces for a couple years but not carrying it over to the new model, coming out with an amazing showcar like the pontiac GPX, and then severely watering it down to come out with the 97 grand prix gtp because the trans they had sucked a dick. Then by the time the f-body was discontinued, I was no longer a fan at all of GM. In fact at the time I bought my GTP in 2000, it was the only new gm vehicle at all I would have considered owning, and it was not even my top choice really, it just wound up making sense at the time given circumstances. However gm is slowly but surely starting to turn that around, and by the end of this decade i think things will be back on track for the most part. The problem right now, and what brings comments like that in al's post about is that GM absolutely does not have comparable products to competitors, and they can't admit their current lineup is **** for fear of pissing off too many customers. So while I see why comments like that are made, it is laughable. Hopefully the "dark ages" of gm are coming to an end.