As a visitor and then an employee at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York the GM Pavilion made all kinds of promises for future cars. 40 + years later I am still waiting for GM to get started. So don't hold your breath.
It seems to me, as a classical music listener and a long time buyer of GM cars, that a most useful improvement to the sound system wuold be some sort of rheostat (sp?) which would allow the driver to lessen the dynamics of music. What happens is that you set the radio for a certain volume of sound, and then the music changes level, either louder or softer, so that the driver has to adjust the volume. This happens again and again during any lengthly piece of music. GM could be the first to put this terrific convenience in their autos. Thanks.
GM has so many quality control issues it doesn't know where to begin to correct all the problems they have with their cars. In the 50's and 60's GM designed beautiful interiors to go with their cars. Then they decided to cheap out and try to do everything with cheap plastic components and cheap fabrics. After being stuck in that rut for so many years, GM has forgotten how to do modern interiors for their automotive brands. It doesn't have to be futuristic, just give us some dials we can read (even in bright sunlight) and some knobs that we can turn without having 15 different functions in one knob. Keep it simple and keep it in tune with the cars design.....sporty, luxury, family. How hard is it? Get some collaboration with interior designers if that is what it takes to do a decent interior.
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WAYNE F DURR (09/17/07 @ 04:51PM)
As a visitor and then an employee at the 1964-65 World's Fair in New York the GM Pavilion made all kinds of promises for future cars. 40 + years later I am still waiting for GM to get started. So don't hold your breath.
Paul Zola (09/17/07 @ 05:48PM)
It seems to me, as a classical music listener and a long time buyer of GM cars, that a most useful improvement to the sound system wuold be some sort of rheostat (sp?) which would allow the driver to lessen the dynamics of music. What happens is that you set the radio for a certain volume of sound, and then the music changes level, either louder or softer, so that the driver has to adjust the volume. This happens again and again during any lengthly piece of music. GM could be the first to put this terrific convenience in their autos. Thanks.
Rhett (09/17/07 @ 05:54PM)
I just watched "Who killed the Electric Car?" last night....it will be a long time before I even consider looking at a GM product again.
Barry (09/17/07 @ 06:09PM)
Think its time to sell my stock! If this is the best they've got...boy!
Mike (09/17/07 @ 06:28PM)
There is nothing new here, I don't understand why this a featured article. It's all looking pretty, oh I don't know...JapaEuro.
Terry (09/28/07 @ 08:16PM)
GM has so many quality control issues it doesn't know where to begin to correct all the problems they have with their cars. In the 50's and 60's GM designed beautiful interiors to go with their cars. Then they decided to cheap out and try to do everything with cheap plastic components and cheap fabrics. After being stuck in that rut for so many years, GM has forgotten how to do modern interiors for their automotive brands. It doesn't have to be futuristic, just give us some dials we can read (even in bright sunlight) and some knobs that we can turn without having 15 different functions in one knob. Keep it simple and keep it in tune with the cars design.....sporty, luxury, family. How hard is it? Get some collaboration with interior designers if that is what it takes to do a decent interior.