I want something like a SmartCar, but I wanted it to be priced accordingly. The actual SmartCars are the price of a real car, even though they're about 1/3 of a real car. I want a SmartCar at 1/3 the price of a real car.

Shareholders don't have a right to dictate operating decisions. They have a right to vote for board members, who can hire or fire management. And there will a significant minority ownership position in GM, so the government can't force GM to do anything that would harm those shareholders.

Aw mullacc -- you burst my bubble ... :-(
There I was, thinking that for the first time since I came to the US I could buy the sort of gas-frugal, cheap car that we have had in the UK for 20 years. Every time I go back to the UK, I fantasize about smuggling a supermini back in my suitcase.
Oh - and TPS - I'm right with you on the SmartCar. Why oh why oh why are they so expensive?

Wait, corporate governance isn't fun? :(

I want a car with a pod you tow for your mother-in-law to sit.

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The should build something like the Honda Fit but I doubt that they can. I've had mine for a few weeks and it's almost the perfect car: fits four big adults, mileage over 30 MPG, really fun and sporty to drive, hatchback so you can load lots of crap into it. And it's a Honda so it's built like a safe.

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They should bring back the Chevy Luv.

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You can tell it's the deluxe model by the black stripe glued to the side of it.

My dad had one of these for many years in this FLAMING NEON GREEN color that was one of the 4 options the basic model had. (Along with black, white, and some weird ass purple.) It was quite sporty, got something ridic like 40 mpg, and while it was tiny, it had enough room for all of my family to fit in it comfortably. I was even able to lay across the backseat and sleep on long trips.

I miss that car. (It was totalled when a drunk teenager ran a red light in her parents Grand Am. That was totalled too.)

But other than that, I'd like something like a Smart Car (because they're so cute and huggable [which is what I call them whenever I see one]), but I'd like it to be a little more sturdy than plastic. And a helluva lot cheaper.

If they're going to bring the Metro back, I want it to be the Metro convertible.

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Jonmc, that is indeed a beautiful car, and based on a GM prototype if I'm not mistaken.

I vote for "cars that don't suck". But then, people with actual money have been buying their sucky cars for years, so the incentives are all messed up.

(Seriously. I live in an (ex?) GM town, and people here used to believe that foreign-brand cars were being bought out of a shortage of patriotism. Not, say, higher gas mileage and lower maintenance costs.)

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