Yes, but remember the adverts about being made in the little factory in Springhill? A lot of people thought they were buying into some sort of communistic experience. And..a lot did think there was something better about the car in the beginning. They were fresh. Being college-aged when they debuted, I remember a lot of the lefty crowd buying them b/c that's the vibe they gave off. Heck, my brother bought one after driving nothing but Japanese cars. But they lost that "clean sheet" something different momentum and they just became a Cavalier alternative.quote:
The Saturn was a corporate clean sheet of paper corporation. The plastic fendered car sounded like three bolts in a beer can. There was nothing special about the car, not the look, not the mechanicals, nothing but the no hassle price. If that is the best of GM, then as Don Meredith used to sing, when the score got out of hand on Monday night, "Turn out the lights, the part's over".
Speaking of saleries, a top executive at the local GM plant (H3, Colorado, and Canyon) lives in one of the nicest, largest houses in my neighborhood. My home inspector is a retiree from the same plant and made enough to have a fleet of Bimmers and Porshes (and one Caddy). So yeah, perhaps pay is getting a little excessive.