“Am I to simply ASSUME that YOU are right, and not the other posters?”
Yes, you are. I can’t provide any articles, references, or otherwise which would make you believe the fact that the Obama administration doesn’t have a hand in running General Motors, but here are some facts:
– There were people who were replaced at the top-management and C-levels
– GM is partly owned by the Treasury to this day, so one would assume that the company would have a fiduciary responsibility to all shareholders (public and the Treasury)
– But contrary to that thought process, GM does not report to the U.S. government. They report to the public shareholders, since the Treasury stake is silent
Look, I’ve been watching and covering General Motors like a hawk over the last several years professionally. I’m sure the folks in the Pontiac forums have been doing the same. It matters what you do, what you read, who you speak to, and what you then take away and write about. You know, like a journalist. The only difference is I have a deep-rooted passion for the things we cover at GM Authority.
“Furthermore: There seems to be a persistent problem on this thread regarding the popularity of Pontiac. When I Google “Bring Back Pontiac”, I get a veritable HOST of websites. To me, that speaks VOLUMES about Pontiac’s popularity, and this is 2012. And YOU post that Pontiac not only DESERVED to be dropped, but should have been dropped TEN YEARS ago. I would assume Pontiac was even MORE popular THEN than it is now, almost THREE YEARS AFTER it WENT UNDER.”
I’m sure that if you Google “I want to be a millionaire” you will get even more results results than for “Bring back Pontiac”. Albeit, it doesn’t mean it will or should happen. And the fact that a website exists for a particular topic doesn’t prove its business case, viability, or reason for existence. It simply proves that people have raised the issue before.
My question to you would be:
1. How many of these websites are actively?
2. How many active users do these websites have?
3. More importantly, how many of these members will actually buy a Pontiac?
Pontiac, for the last 15 years, was a lame excuse for an auto brand/automaker that sucked life out of General Motors and was partly responsible for its financial troubles that led to the restructuring in 2009/2008. The same is true of Saturn and Saab. And I’m afraid the same is true of GMC today — but that may be a topic for another thread entirely.
