GM Europe does make good cars only if the public buys it. Being cutting edge is great but it adds a layer of complexity and affects reliability. Even if the GM are competitive they do not lead in categories of reliability, fuel economy, braking or handling.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/03/cr_car_ratings.html

No, I wasn’t referring to Toyota at all. GM also imports American marques and from Korea and rebadges them in Europe. Its the same for all car manufacturers.

Lets hope the new GM that emerged from bankruptcy will be leaner and focused on cars that will make them profitable.

If they DID care it would have been owned by the FIAT Group, the real only long term sound solution, they want to pay the least though!

Cheers

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To sell off a (currently) loss making brand in Europe (that makes rather good cars) and concentrate on reviving loss making American brands back home (that make rather average cars). But…… the danger is those shifty, traitorous, double crossing, low down Europeans might sell Opels in direct compertition to GM’s quality American and Daewoo line up. The evil, ungrateful sods might even take Opel global and compeate even in America against GM.

The safe option for them would be just to shut down and scrap Opel, then intoduce Europe to Daewoo like the rest of us. The German and British Governments might get a little unfriendly though.

A compramise could be reached if the new buyers of Opel are legally restricted from selling Opel products anywhere outside of Europe.

You will possibily find that in the good times GM Europa overinvested in new models and cutting edge supported by the then volume of sales and high volume/low margins at the time.

Talking of boring u must be referring to the kings of monotony Toyota that use the Camry platform for everything and thus offer boring cars with very low development cost per unit.