There has been as many adds as there have been deletes. As many pull-aheads as delays. Yet GM's future product portfolio has seen significant changes in the last year, most notably in December when it announced the phase-out of Oldsmobile and killed all future Olds programs. Since then, GM has also put the Signia and Banner in a holding pattern and has delayed the opening of its second new car assembly plant in Lansing a year until 2005. We want to make sure the quality is right.
Nobody wants a bad launch.
We have been serious about quality for a long time. Now we are deadly serious. When times get tough they delay programs. They've done it in the past and they'll do it again. Chrysler's situation is even more complicated.