Saturn and GM: GM's Slide Began with Not Sustaining Saturn

Read the editorial, it tells you a lot about why GM is in bankrupt city and has its hand out to taxpayers. The story is not about workers, it's about poor leadership of the corporation.

clipped from www.thetruthaboutcars.com Editorial: The Truth About Saturn By David Holzman January 6, 2009 - When I went car shopping in the early ‘90s, my priorities were fun-to-drive, reliability, and economy. Style— not so much, or so I thought. But the first time I saw a Saturn, I knew instantly what it was, although I’d never seen a photo, since the car was conspicuously absent from the ads. As soon as Consumer Reports gave Saturn a preliminary blessing for reliability, I gave it my consideration. Ultimately, I became so smitten that I didn’t bother to re-look at the Integra after I discovered to my great chagrin, in the dealer’s lot, that the turning circle was nearly as big as the namesake planet’s diameter.