Why I Am Abandoning GM And Other American Car Companies

General Motors Corporation

Attn: Ed Peper, North American Vice President
P.O. Box 33170
Detroit, MI 48232-5170

Dear Sir, 26-May-09

Today, I received in the mail a form letter signed by Ed Peper, encouraging my family to continue to buy Chevrolet. I felt compelled to write and inform you that, although we have always bought GM, we will no longer do so. In fact, I am in the market for a new pickup truck to pull our camper; however, GM is not going to be a consideration for us in our selection.

The reason for our abandoning GM in their time of need is very simple. GM no longer stands for General Motors. It stands, instead, for Government Motors. When GM or any other American car company can be told who it can employ, how it will conduct its business, and what kind of products it will produce from a government administration, especially the Obama administration, then I will no longer support that company.

The bailout and the Obama administration’s participation in GMs future are costing you business. For too long, GM has been saddled by the unions and made terrible contract concessions. GM has never maintained its resale value, like that of Toyota, Honda and other foreign car companies. Had you worked on these issues sooner, GM would not be in the predicament it is in now. GMs failures as a company will dramatically hurt this nation’s economy, but I would rather the economy suffer than validate Obama and/or the federal government’s involvement in private business practices.