Guys, you really need to look at the bigger picture, GM HAS to downsize, foreign competition is at an all time high, and the market share is smaller. You should look at this as a step in the right direction for a return to profitability. Many of those plants closing are products being phased out anyway, or being replaced with another built elsewhere. GM could build the best car in the world, and it will still not sway many people to a domestic product they are set that foreign is better, period. The Camaro is NOT the answer, just ask Ford, they sell a ton of them, and they are in the crapper as well right now....While I do feel for the displaced workers, this IS the right thing to do.....
I do get the impression that no matter what GM does it is perceived as "wrong".....We are losing tons of money each quarter, and people say "GM is in trouble", so GM takes major step to return to profitablility, and people say "GM is in deeper trouble"....No win situation.
For the record, The Impala, G6 (depite what you read), the Solstice, DTS, Cobalt among others are selling very well. The overhead and excess capacity are the problems...which they are trying to correct.
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