General Motor Problems

One main problem that is hindering General Motor's (GM) ability to be

successful is the poorly designing of several vehicles over recent

years by GM, and there inability to cut certain lines of vehicles from

production that are outdated. Journalists say that GM makes ugly car's

period, but this is definitely false considering that the GM corporation

owns Corvette, Saab, Hummer, and Cadillac, all of which are top of the

line brands with top of the line vehicles in style and performance. Yes

of course GM has some bad seeds which is tarnishing its name like the

radical designed Pontiac Aztec and Buick Rendezvous, and the outdated

production lines of some of Pontiac and Buick. Outdated production lines

in brands such as Pontiac and Buick are to be expected when GM's

long-held philosophy is that nearly every brand should offer a full array of

cars, trucks and minivans, but this philosophy is outdated as well. GM

has many plans to fix and update there current vehicle design problems

but, many of them will not take effect until after September of 2007,

when Gm's contract with the United Auto Workers (UAW) expires. Until

that date GM can not afford to cut back production of it's problem brands

Pontiac and Buick or it would mean the layoff of thousands of UAW

employees. The contract between UAW and GM is one of the main reasons for

GM's production of outdated and poor quality vehicles in