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Oh boo hoo! Wagoner, a multi-millionaire, was fired!
Of course he was a scapegoat. But on that same defense, Wagoner makes decisions about people that make decisions about people that...you get the point. The decisions he makes affect everything. It's not his fault he was passed a company that people have little trust in, but he did very little to try and fix it.
Have you seen GM's commercials? Their truck commercials are Howie Long making fun of other people. "Let's make fun of the 'Man Step' because we can't use it!" "Let's make fun of other trucks for not having a V8!" And don't even get me started on trying to compare a Pontiac to a BMW...and having the nerve to say it's better because it's a little faster and gets 1 mpg better. People who buy BMW's would never consider a Pontiac.
Something has to change at GM. Wagoner is just the tip of the mountain, but the impending avalanche will change everything; hopefully for the better. GM may make good cars now, but they don't know how to market them and they definitely don't know how to shake the conception of them being unreliable for their lazy and uninspired workmanship in the past.
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