General Motors Is Once Again No. 1 in Global Auto Sales

This is Interesting and encouraging;  I’ve been afraid that the Volt would completely finish destroying this company.

GM back on top in global sales race

            By Chris Isidore,  CNNMoney,  January 19, 2012

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/19/autos/gm_global_sales_leader/index.htm?eref=mrss_igoogle_business 

I’ve been driving Cadillacs for over a decade and other GM cars for more than a decade before that. But for two years in a row I tried to lease a new Cadillac and found no car I would buy, prohibitively high prices and a local dealer who never even called with a quote.

This is all about China.  Ford is second in the US because of trucks and our market for them;  they have half GM’s world sales [in units].  The American car market is very important but the world leaders, GM, VW and Lexus are there because of their sales in China.

I love my new Lexus and it’s hard to see going back to the GM of the moment – they need to return to sexy design and affordable luxury.  Let the power train go electric in its own time.