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Originally Posted by WildBillyT

A big one for me.

"How do you plan on changing people's negative predisposition surrounding the purchase of a domestic automobile given both the recent failures of the US auto industry and its inability to produce a strong competitor to best selling foreign automobiles?"

I didn't ask this, but I will help you refine your question.
First, why do you think the US auto makers don't make strong competitors to the best selling foreign cars? What is your basis? Sales?

Originally Posted by Blackbirdws6

Does he consider GMs performance division to be open and mindful of those who wish to modify their new car during the development of a new performance vehicle?

"GM has been very supportive of racing of their vehicles, and it shows in our warranty and our support by putting together better, well rounded cars."

When can the public expect higher performance models of the C7 to arrive? Any details he can share?

Stupid question. Are you new to this? Shesh...
Corvette doesn't actually make it into production till later this year, so don't expect to see Z06 for at least another year, with ZR1 coming 18-24 months down the road. Remember that they have to space it out to keep the car in the news as well as freshening up the vehicle, on top of the launching of a bunch of different vehicles, such as the next Camaro.

What are the biggest challenges he sees for GM in the near future?

Paraphrasing, because I had a question that was similar to this. "All four brands are growing in every direction, but getting our dealers to work with us will be important. I have worked at several dealers across the nation to see what we are doing on both the sales and service side." He gave an example that he noticed that a dealer near Bowling Green were doing a lot of diagnostic work on the 6T40E, so he came back and had people dig into it.

Will GM be reinventing the Volt or taking a different path with regards to alternative propulsion systems?

I had asked him something similar related to ELR and how that will effect Volt. "ELR has more power but similar range because of the lessons learned from Volt. As time goes on and battery technology improves, we will be improving the vehicle and refining it. We don't want to lose focus on this car as it represents a large technological leap over our competition, but we can't stand still. We will continue to move Volt forward"

Originally Posted by WayFast84

How long does the public have to wait to find out pricing and specs for the Chevy SS?

No sure date, but as NASCAR opens up, we should hear much more info.

Originally Posted by Slow-V6

Who were you targeting when you guys were designing the C7?

From the Corvette interview, "We talked to both current and non-Corvette owners and ask them what they wanted from the car. We had them sit in interior models to get a feel of the interior." and "the C7's exterior design theme comes from jets, which is something I really enjoy outside of cars. You can see the influence of stealth fighters like the F-22 and F-35's lines in the C7, especially when you look at the tail lights. We wanted them to resemble after burners. We also wanted to make sure that this car appealed to a global market, so we also had to pay attention to tastes from all around the world as well as how the car will handle day to day driving in other parts of the world."

Originally Posted by Untamed

This.

Though they might take a hard look at how Ford has turned around the public's perception of that organization - starting with the better-than-GM PR Ford got during the bailouts.

People's perception of Ford has not changed because of bail outs but because of fresh product with global appeal. Regardless, GM's perception will rise or fall based on it's marketing. It's clear with the above questions that most, if not all of you, have a varying degree of negative to very negative view towards GM, and that's based on several different factors.

Ford has a bigger hole to climb out of, and still do. Not many of Ford's new products are performing at the levels of GM's new vehicles, but the perception is still that Ford > GM.

I guess being here makes me more of a nut-hugger for GM, but when most, if not every single question on here had a negative tone to it, I think it's more along the lines that most people on here just don't like them. And that's fine.
I just don't like the connotation that because I like a GM vehicle that I automatically like ALL GM vehicles, and will support them to the end of the internet.