[reefdiver]

Some people will not buy a GM product just because of the bailout. Others won't because they are not good investments, The Malibu is low quality compared to equivalent models from VW, Ford, Honda, Toyota.
The tax payer is going to be stuck with millions of worthless shares of the stock as well. The democrat answer to that is raise more taxes to continue the bailout.

[lentulusgracchus]

The Malibu is low quality compared to equivalent models from VW, Ford, Honda, Toyota.

My old man worked for Allison in 1940-41 and never thought much of GM. They were tyrannical and didn't care about safety issues. He told me years ago he'd never buy a GM car -- he considered one once (a 1966 Corvair) but ended up going with a Plymouth -- he had a family to haul.

He was as good as his word, he died with a Plymouth and a VW in the driveway.

He always said that GM's problem was, they weren't a car company -- they were just a bunch of bankers who owned a car business, and didn't care about the product.

I had a total of three GM company cars in the 1980's after he died, and boy howdy, was he ever right. They sucked big, big time.

[Lysandru]

Some people will not buy a GM product just because of the bailout. Others won't because they are not good investments, The Malibu is low quality compared to equivalent models from VW, Ford, Honda, Toyota.

I bought a brand new '96 Chevy Cavalier--and it was an unsafe POS. The clutch kept going out. After the fourth time in 2 years--and getting nothing but a run-around from Chevy's "customer disservice" department--I bought a Toyota.

I vowed that GM would never get another penny from me. And now the federal government makes me give money to GM and its Union masters.

You will need a loaded gun to get me out of my Toyota.