Pontiac appears to have its plug pulled too.With the economy faring so poorly, General Motors (which was once the world's largest automaker) is siphoning off four of it's eight brands of cars which will, unless some action is taken, follow the Oldsmobile into obscurity.
It's really not that surprising, and I have to admit I've never really been interested in driving an American car, but even so, like some of the other major corporations that have recently called it quits, it's just a little bit sad.
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I have decidedly mixed feelings.
On the one hand, the pragmatist in me knows that it would take a lot of taxpayer money (loan or not, if they default, the money is gone) and a lot of time and a total lack of serious missteps for U.S. carmakers to recover and become financially viable again.
On the other hand, I learned to drive in an '82 Olds Cutlass Supreme. I had a Chevy Camaro as a teenager. Other than the Nissan Sentra I got cheap after college (and a VW Bug my mother briefly inherited from my uncle when I was a kid), as far as I can remember all the cars my parents and I have bought in my lifetime were GM cars.
So, yes, some of it is pure sentimentality, but I've also had my Saturn ION for over 6 years without any problems at all.
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