With sale of its good assets, GM tries for a fresh start

General Motors closed the sale of its good assets to a new, government-backed carmaker at a speed unimagined even six months ago, completing a big step in its turnaround.
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[codynews]

I wish them luck, but I'm not holding my breath...

Cody

[lakorai2]

I'm glad they have decided to open a new blog to have their customers have an outlet. They need to be made publicly aware of various huge issues with some of their vehicles. A good example is the 2005-2007 Cobalt SS's that had multiple issues of failing clutches; the clutch would fail at 25K or 35K miles (which is completely unacceptable) . GM stuck the bill to allot of customers citing "user error" or "user fault" when it was actually "very faulty design".

I bought a Civic EX. I love the reliability of it. It is significantly more reliable than my 1997 Grand Prix GT. I can no longer afford to be paying for design mistakes and poor reliability. My wallet and my patience are limited, so no more GM for me.

[Seaspray0]

I won't touch the company if it continues to make SUV's and other luxury gas hogs.

[winstein]

I owned Chevy Beretta when I was in college. The paints started to peel off only 50k miles. For a long time I see Corsica/Beretta cars on the street with peeled off paints. I now drive a Nissan. It is very simple for me, reliability + function + style.