My wife owned a Pontiac Grand Am; worst car ever. After we got married, the first thing I did was try and sell that piece of junk. The interior held up great (though it was ugly as sin) but the rest of the car was second rate, fading, and making funny noises. I knew other people, friends of mine, who owned the same car and were heirs of the same problems that we had. There was a clicking noise that constantly came from the dash, and if I didn't have the music blasted, it was guaranteed to induce seizures and insanity.
Not everything has been bad for Pontiac, though. Legendary cars like the Firebird, the GTO, and the new G8 (above) have surely stood out above the crowd. They are American Icons, the few and the proud who made it through the island of
misfit toys, formerly known as Pontiacs.
And like Pontiac, I believe that other automakers need to perform or go the way of the buffalo. It's no wonder that Pontiac, Chrysler, and Saturn have gone out of money. They make inferior products compared to the rest of the market, and still they charge the same price or more than their competitors.
If you can't make the high school football team, you might want to discipline yourself to lift weights, eat right, and exercise more. No coach with brains is going to say, "Well, you tried, and even though you suck, I'll play you anyway." Nor will the coach offer inferior players things like steroids to give them an advantage over the players who don't cheat, and who actually deserve to be on the team.
And so, in my opinion, should be the auto industry. If you can't make the cut, too bad, and better luck next time. That's the American way. No more entitlement or freebies; you work for what you want, you dream big, and you go out and get it. And if it takes some healthy competition to achieve that, then that only makes the competitors stronger. I don't care how iconic or legendary you have been in the past, if you can't stand up to today, we don't want you tomorrow.
Thanks for reading.
-Biggs
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