Comments on: The Empire Strikes Back – GM Pulls Ads From LA Times http://www.okieonthelam.com/2005/04/08/the-empire-strikes-back-gm-pulls-ads-from-la-times/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ed Driscoll.com http://www.okieonthelam.com/2005/04/08/the-empire-strikes-back-gm-pulls-ads-from-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Ed Driscoll.com Sat, 09 Apr 2005 03:45:40 +0000 http://www.okieonthelam.com/?p=481#comment-1201 <strong>GM Grows A Spine, If Only Temporarily</strong> As I've written before, my father spent decades as a partner in a large suburban Chervolet dealership, and while I haven't owned a GM automobile in about 15 years, I still feel a certain sense of affiliation with the company.... GM Grows A Spine, If Only Temporarily

As I’ve written before, my father spent decades as a partner in a large suburban Chervolet dealership, and while I haven’t owned a GM automobile in about 15 years, I still feel a certain sense of affiliation with the company….

]]> By: Mark Tapscott http://www.okieonthelam.com/2005/04/08/the-empire-strikes-back-gm-pulls-ads-from-la-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Mark Tapscott Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:32:09 +0000 http://www.okieonthelam.com/?p=481#comment-1176 The reason the original G6 and the original Lacrosse and the original Aurora got sidetracked is because GM's culture doesn't allow people to make decisions that carry risk, unless it is to do something truly stupid like the Pontiac Aztek. You are right, those show cars were stunners and a lot of us who would love to buy GM products again thought things were getting better Then we saw what they actually produced...and went and bought Toyoytas, Hondas, etc. The reason the original G6 and the original Lacrosse and the original Aurora got sidetracked is because GM’s culture doesn’t allow people to make decisions that carry risk, unless it is to do something truly stupid like the Pontiac Aztek. You are right, those show cars were stunners and a lot of us who would love to buy GM products again thought things were getting better Then we saw what they actually produced…and went and bought Toyoytas, Hondas, etc.

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