@Brian_E Henderson was just a temporary pawn in the migration towards Whitacre and Akerson, both of whom were/are temporary as well.
That said, I would add Roger Smith to the list of execs whose decisions lead to the demise of Pontiac. Smith, in fact, was the man responsible for taking autonomy away from the brands and “centralizing” engineering from Chevy, Caddy, Pontiac, etc. to “GM Engineering.” The same goes for design.
I still hope for the day that GM decentralizes engineering and design. There are certain functions that should be centralized (accounting, logistics, etc.) but others shouldn’t.
@PontiacRulz Punishing GM execs by not buying a best-in-class GM product (like a Cruze) isn’t punishing anyone except for yourself. 😀
