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Until GM starts making cars at least as good as the low-price Hyundai and offers a 10-year / 100,000 mi. warranty to boot, they're not going to be able to compete. If you want a story about how a low-quality auto became a high-quality auto, look at Hyundai. Why can't GM do what the Koreans have done?

" look at Hyundai. Why can't GM do what the Koreans have done?"

Does Hyundai have to deal with a UAW contract ?

The Unions have destroyed the American MFG. Industry and everything else they get their grubby hands on, like the Pubic Education system.

You're right. Case in point...My wife, a German import herself, always had a Mercedes. When we moved back here to the US she got a Chevy, broke down a lot, got a new Chevy, broke down a lot. So, needing a car fast, we went to the Hyundai dealership by our house a bought an Accent puddle jumper, thinking it was only till she got hers fixed and sold. BUT, it was a good little car so she kept it till she got her 100k on it. Since then she's had an Sonata (87k) and Santa Fe (119k), and now she has the XG350L. She drives about 60k a year. None of these have been in the shop for anything with one exception...the XG had a brake rotor service bulletin and they replaced all 4 rotors and pads (no charge of course). Hyundai knows how to treat a good customer, too. Her Hyundai loyalty program includes free GAP, 10 yr.s bumper to bumper warranty, the lowest Int. rate they offer (0.9%), and she gets the rebates, if any, applied. Kinda' makes up for the fact they have terrible resale.
Hyundai also has dealer incentives in place to reward the dealers for outstanding after the sale customer service..just look at the JD Power ratings.
I could go on, but, the point is GM, Ford, and DiChry have brought their problems on themselves. They have sold out to greed, pure and simple. The answer, the ONLY answer, is to break the union's stronghold, and get back to the basics of running a long term business. Otherwise they will re-visit this issue again, and again, and again.