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Does this remind anyone else of the Fiero? A beautiful body (it's dated now, but in 1983, it was hot) set over a bunch of GM parts bin components that somehow don't seem to work together well. It was developed on a super tight budget in a very short time.
That car lasted 5 years, let's see if this one does any better.
The problem is that GM sees this type of car as a niche vehicle without much profit potential so they won't put enough resources into a proper development cycle. It's more of an image vehicle for them to get more people into showrooms to buy Ions and Vues. The problem with this philosophy is that the quality of these underdeveloped cars does more damage to GMs reputation than good in the long run. I worked at GM, there are a few real car enthusiasts there, but in the end, the marketing and finance departments decide what cars are sold, no matter what Bob Lutz tells us.
In contrast, look at Toyota's MR2, they never sold many of them compared to the Camry. But they were great little cars that had peaple coming in for a Camry when the time for a bigger car came along.
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