<VV> GM press release OMG!

[Kenneth E Pepke]

Everyone has opinion but, admit it or not, most opinions are based
on advertising.  The objective of advertising is to influence opinion
and advertisement people know how to accomplish their goals.
GM, and I assume Ford and Chrysler, cannot allow that to be the
basis of their business decisions.  So, they have developed 
sophisticated measuring equipment.  They can, and do, measure
'fit and finish' and performance of all aspects of all makes of cars 
from all over the world.  GM has finally accepted the reality of the
importance of advertising and you will see how 'everyone' has
been mistaken :-) in some of their latest commercials.

The results are far and away more accurate than any opinion.
The bottom line here is the fabled Japanese quality is gained
far more from advertising than fact.  Bitter as the fact may be
to some, GM cars _measure_ higher quality across the board.
But, if you want to see the best in 'fit and finish' measurements
take a look at a BMW!  

Just about everyone has anecdotal evidence concerning a single
given vehicle, or may be even a handful of vehicles.  But actual 
measurements will tell the whole story and the simple fact is 
'year for year GM vehicles _measure_ higher quality than the 
Japanese imports.  Now if you want to say a 2005 Lexus is a
better made car than a 1965 Corvair ...
Ken P 



On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:09:27 -0400 "gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com"
<gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com> writes:
> And here lies the underlying problem of it all.
> some were tried and true Pontiac/Olds/Buick/Chevy people.
> But then they were burned badly, and became Ford or Mopar people.
> Then burned again and went to an import.
> Now lost forever to something unheard of for many years in the US.
> 
> Quality!
> 
> Say what you will about buying american, but other than my Corvairs, 
> I
> despise GM.
> Had several that were junk, yes they were used cars, but I had the 
> dubious
> honor of having to trepair my grandfather's Corvette. Helped make me 
> a
> MOPAR man, and yes even a Ford man. Then last year, Gasp..........I 
> bought
> a Prius. So far so good, but I bought it for mileage as the cost of 
> gas was
> killing me. And the US automakers did not have anything to compare.
> Do I feel guilty?
> somewhat, but a car was a major expense to me, so I bought something 
> I
> liked. I still have all my hobby cars, wife has a Jeep 
> Cherokee(right hand
> steering) but no accolades there, and I have my Dodge Ram pickup, a 
> 96 Indy
> 500 pace truck and it's a keeper.
> 
> There are many factors to many people, but building excrement may be 
> the
> major one.
> 
> Gary Swiatowy
> 
> From: Sethracer at aol.com
> Subject: Re: <VV> GM press release
>  
> With the announced scheduled demise of Pontiac, I was reminded of a  
> letter 
> to Car & Driver magazine back in the early 70s. The writer noted  
> the pain 
> he had gone through with his Pontiac LeMon(s). He then added his  
> version
> of 
> the Pontiac Advertising tagline of the time.   "We  build Excrement 
> -  -  
> Pontiac!"
>  
> Seth  Emerson
> 
> C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro,  Corvette
> 
> 
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