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RMc @ Mar 5th 2008 1:08PM
It doesn't matter anyways. They should just title this selection "The Best of the Worse"
They release this list just because they feel bad that imports, the Japanese in particular, have been beating up the lousy American attempts for the last two decades. People bitch that they give bias to the imports (as evidence seen on autoblog) so this is just saying "if you insist on buying crap, this is what you should buy."
Yes, I am a patriot. But, I also like quality cars.
mike @ Mar 5th 2008 1:10PM
No domestic fan boy will ever admit to what you said. Which is 100% correct.
MachinaDC5 @ Mar 5th 2008 1:44PM
I can see where you're coming from RMc.
Julius @ Mar 5th 2008 4:26PM
I'm not sure what the point of this list is anymore, as evidenced by what RMc said. It does seem like a "here's a second-best list" to me.
That being said, I do think GM is working within its limitations to get it done. It's not like it can arbitrarily "abolish the UAW" like one person said - since GM has nothing to do with the creation/management of the UAW in the first place.
And in a cash-constrained environment (remember the $38b loss they just took?) GM is working in, the fact that they can get ANY models recommended by CR (apparently, seven models qualify here) is a plus.