With GM turning its back on North America, it is also hurting sales. It was bad enough that we were just numbers when we worked there. Now, I doubt that they are even looking in the rear view mirror. They are looking at the 1.3 and 1.4 billion in China and India as their new hope. Buick has been big in China for a few years now and the virtually slave labour in China is just more than GM can resist. That is why Pontiac and Oldsmobile died while Buick survived. The old saying, "Buy the cars your neighbours build" is coming back to haunt GM.