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Remember the lame Pontiac TV ad with the helicopter pilots? "I checked out the BMW, but I bought the Bonneville instead." People actually believe the supercharged SSEi etc with all of the body cladding and hype is better than a BMW. The Grand-Am stylists even stole the kidney grill of the BMW.

Americans actually buy into that type of advertising. A friend's father retired from public relations at GM. He would make fun of the German method of naming cars with numbers. I guess it makes more sense to name a car after some exotic and far-away place/event that has absolutely nothing to do with the car. Monte Carlo, LeMans, Grand-Prix, Grand-Am, etc.

The writing has been on the wall for years. I can't believe it has taken this long.