They still use pushrod engines and 4 speed automatic transmissions when every global competitor has gone OHC and at least 5 gears behind the flywheel.

If GM is to rediscover the American car, they still need to improve quality (I don't give a hoot about initial quality.... every new car has good initial quality since it hasn't been driven much... a 1987 Yugo had great "initial" quality - untill you drove it for a week), advance their safety features, and improve fuel economy. You can say all you want about people being brainwashed into Honda this and Toyota that, but even their most powerfull vehicles are carefull on the dinosaur bones.

If the Pontiac Grand Prix could trim some fat, add another gear, and trade the 3800 for an OHC engine with more hp and better fuel economy, but still keep the Pontiac look, would that be a bad thing?