Quote:
Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
but the solstice was an opel... just rebadged to be a saturn, okay a few small modifications... fascia and backend. but the rest is all euro engineering.
|
Actually the Kappa platform was designed for the Solstice. I think the Sky and GT were created to make the platform more economically viable.
GM Kappa platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I think Bob Lutz did a lot of good for GM. No he didn't do anything knock your socks off mindblowing, but he did help get rid of all the ridiculous body cladding, and now the interiors are getting away from that awful dark gray plastic that was used for so long in all those Blazers and Cavaliers. I think GM would be in even worse shape if he hadn't come onboard back in '01. Just think of the '01 Aztek and '01 Avalanche, now look at a '09 Avalanche and a '09 Buick Enclave or GMC Acadia to see the improvement.
Now that the style end of things has gone from ugly to acceptable GM just needs to find a quality guru to make vehicles that last without having steering intermediate shafts, oil cooler lines, wheel bearings, fuel pumps, water pumps, intake manifold gaskets, instrument clusters, window regulators, cylinder heads, ignition lock cylinders, front differential axle seals, transfer case output seals, transfer case encoder motors, among other things going out all the time.