We have been there. same policies that gave us the 55MPH Speed limit and 165 HP V8's. Not a future I want.
Performance is how you define it. If you want a smart car with a turbocharger you will like the future alot and you will be in the minority.
Brand loyality shifts have polarized within the auto industry.
IMO... People who buy GM want what GM does best-an American V-8. HP and torque for towing and power for performance.
GM has tried to gain back market segment in cars from the imports for years by trying to be "like an import", while abandoning its core market for car buyers. Discontinuation of the F-body platform in 2002 is a prime example where the cobalt was to compete against the imports and the SSR was a bone thrown to the Camaro buyer.
Wrong on the Cobalt wrong on the SSR. More people left GM and went to other market segments.
Along the way GM finally became self aware and tried to reverse course. Difference is that now GM will be forced to build cars that are aligned with a market segment that they lost a decade ago to Honda and Toyota and I seriously doubt those buyers will be back abesent a rock bottom price.
That is why Fritz Henderson was quoted recently that GM would import cars from china.
So much for "keeping American jobs here in America" and a long list of broken promises to the voter.
