Is The Recall Turning GM Dealers Into Ghost Towns?

@Jasper2: "It has more to do with GM being so yesterday." -- I disagree. I believe it has more to do with attempting to be too progressive--on too tight a budget. I'll explain shortly. "GM is like Oldsmobile, Hummer. Pontiac, Saturn, and SAAB. In other words, so yesterday." -- True, and False. It was not because they were "so yesterday" that they failed, but rather that they lost their direction--mostly because they tried too hard to save that almighty penny. 'Almighty penny" you ask? Yes. Ever hear the old saying, "Penny wise but Pound foolish"? They tried so hard to pinch pennies that they completely lost sight of their real purpose--to create cars people want. Yes, they did launch some very laudable efforts, but because their cost was a little bit high they started cutting back on quaility. Some 10 years or more of the cheapest locksets that met the spec demonstrates this. GM gradually killed off some of their most popular models in trying to make them cheaper and losing customers, then tried bringing in imports to replace them thinking nobody would notice the difference. By the mid-'00s every single US General Motors brand *except* Cadillac and GMC had at least one Opel or Holden re-badged model--including Chevrolet. When those brands, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn and even Saab saw reduced sales (well, GM killed Saab for another reason having to do with a refusal to 'conform') due to the complete loss of direction for those brands--GM gave up on them. But I would bet you they would never let anyone else try to re-start those brands either. No, General Motors has lost its direction, not become "so yesterday". After five different CEOs who were more 'accountant' than engineer did everything they could to reduce cost, they completely forgot what made General Motors the conglomeration it is--by once offering the best American cars in their price ranges. The Saturn brand, GM's newest and shortest-lived, developed a staunchly loyal following because of the economy and durability of their cars. The concept WORKED for Saturn, but it was cheaper to pull the brand back into the fold of 'traditional' manufacture and sales than it was to expand the concept to the other brands. Each of the different, now lost brands once held their own niche in the GM world--only to become so closely interconnected that every model of each brand had a direct clone in the next higher brand. But even then, there was enough difference in materials, appearance and comfort that they could support themselves--until they all lost their sense of identity. Then, when GM tried to give those brands a new identity, they drove buyers away BECAUSE those brands no longer had the same meaning. GM went too progressive too quickly. Chevrolet is no longer Chevrolet. Not one model today--well, except maybe for their pickup trucks--relates to their past in anything but name. Yes, we still have the Camaro and the Corvette--but the Corvette is no longer the shapely, female curvy, sexy sports car it was; it's an angular weapon that grates on the eyes. The Sting Ray bears no resemblance any more to the creature whose name it bears. Ford, and yes, even Dodge/Chrysler, are showing how you can be progressive and still retain your identity. While I have never been a fan of Ford's quality, their changes have been evolutionary, not revolutionary. You can pretty well follow every model from its immediate predecessor. It's the same with Dodge/Chrysler, even though they are now part of the Fiat Group. I'm more willing to buy an FCA model than any GM model today because of it. We both dislike GM for what they have become, but our reasoning is different because our viewpoint of their collapse is different. If GM is to survive, it needs to TOTALLY reform, not just try to keep going as it is. GM needs to completely re-make its image and that means by completely changing its lineup. Maybe, for the short term, GMC should be the ONLY brand that makes one model in each class of vehicle. Take it down to the bare bones and re-build from scratch rather than trying to support so many different brands with identical cars.

Have they announced the actual availability of the Canyon/Colorado today? That could do it.