[freekitty]

I imagine there are a number of reasons GM lost its footing. Mainly crooked bosses and crooked politicians. Instead of building cars people want; they pretended to concentrate on safety which is anything but true and more environmentally functioning cars. Example going from V8 to V6 to even V4. Everyone knows V8 is the best engine out of the 3. Btw, the first time I got into a V6 which I still don't own, I almost got killed trying to get on the freeway. It should be interesting to watch Government Motors shoot dead the car industry with its no style surely tin can real death traps they now plan to build.

[seatrout]

—Everyone knows V8 is the best engine out of the 3. —

The 3.8L V6 wasn’t a bad engine (though old fashioned), but back in the 90s some engineering genius (GM designers share some blame along with managment and union goons) put PLASTIC intake manifolds on them. Sure enough, these all melted sooner or later, causing big problems when coolant mixed with oil and/or fuel. As for 4 cylinders; GM historically has never built a really good 4 cyl. engine. Toyota and Honda, on the other hand, have been building great 4 cylinders for years.

[SoothingDave]

A V4?