06 June 2014 (19:07 UTC-07 Tango 05 June 2014)/07 Sha’ban 1435/16 Khordad 1393/09 Geng Wu 4712

China’s CCTV was interviewing a U.S. auto industry analyst over the massive General Motors (GM) recall scandal.  The Chinese interviewer was literally flabbergasted when the U.S. analyst stated that most GM car owners in the U.S. don’t even know they own a GM!

The analyst used Buick and Saturn as an example saying most Buick and Saturn owners don’t know that their cars are included in the massive recalls.  The analyst postulated that it was going to take a long time for the recall and repair of a potentially deadly problem with ignition switches (and other problems) simply because many GM car owners don’t know they own one of the potentially deadly GM brand cars.

Why is Chinese news media concerned about the GM recall?  Because  GM now sells more Buicks in China than in the U.S.!  China is fast becoming the number one car market for General Motors, no longer is the U.S. the top car market.  And yes, no thanks to ‘globalization’, GM cars sold in China are affected by the same scandals affecting GM cars sold in the U.S.

Short list of General Motors brands: GMC, Saturn (now defunct), Pontiac (now defunct), Chevrolet (aka Chevy), Buick,  Cadillac, Hummer (now defunct), Sweden based SAAB (auto division sold off to Netherlands based Spyker), Germany based Opel, Australia based Holden, United Kingdom based Vauxhall, China based Wuling, China based Baojun, China based Jie Fang (aka FAW-GM), UzDaewoo (joint venture by GM Korea and Uzbekistan).

Back in the old days, when U.S. cars had character, strength and weren’t dumbed down by anti-car regulations and false flag emission controls, most people in the U.S. took so much pride in their cars that there were heated arguments over who’s car brand was better, and this even led to the creation of drag racing and custom car shows.  Now all we get is light weight computer controlled crap for a new car, no matter what the brand is!