As it is, the performance expectations are a dead subject (or more accurately, a limp mode subject, for both, the car and its owners). But... there is always the other aspect, revolving around the fit and finish of the newest flagship. After all, if the car cannot deliver in the performance department, let it at least look good while failing to accomplish the performance mission.
But... there is a problem here, this newest flagship fails to deliver in the fit and finish as well, reminding everyone about its off the shelf corporate nature and the subpar skills and motivation of the UAW crew putting it together.
The case in point is two fold today, one for the interior and then another one for the exterior. As already discussed in this blog on quite a few occasions, the "world class" interior of the newest flagship, the same exact one as on the lowly base Stingray, fails to deliver in not just awful and cramped claustrophobic ergonomics (skip the cheese and make it a single instead of double burger)
cockpit layout but material choice and quality as well.
The GM's take on so called "leather" is the mission security for this blog. Not only the scrap quality hide is hard to tell apart from even a cheap vinyl, warping at will on the dashboard but the darn paint covering it just refuses to honor its allegiance to the backing (with some hide apparently stuffed underneath). Thus, something called delamination takes place in this world class interior, causing the surface coating/paint to gain mind of its own. If the buyer is lucky, like in this case, the fine almost leather fails right at the beginning. For not so lucky ones, it will fail later, not a matter of if but when.
How about the exterior? The shitty paint and poorly aligned panels are already a given but how about some of those fine EXPOSED REAL CARBON FIBER aero bits completing the PeP Boys worthy "racer" look? The exposed carbon fiber option is not cheap, it is not as insanely priced as the latest Dodge Viper variety but it is still expensive. So what does the buyer get for the money spent on this great option? Apparently something like this... Clearly a structurally inferior but also visually repulsive part clad in exposed carbon fiber.
Since this is not a part manufactured by GM, the question here is: who conducts quality control checks on parts supplied to GM? Anyone? Are the UAW fat slobs asleep or is GM expecting the supplier to conduct their own quality control while being pressured for supplying enough parts to satisfy the demand? To see this kind of shitty quality on a flagship is right down repulsive, hell, it would be repulsive if offered on a Chevy Sonic or as an online supplied rice accessory.
If this is what +Tadge Juechter and everyone else in GM consider as acceptable, then absolutely nobody should be surprised why the new flagship is not only a performance piece of shit but looks as an inferior product as well. Are these things actually produced in Bowling Green or did GM contract out with knock off experts in China? Hard to tell....
The liver-spotted hand in the top picture is so distracting. Good grief.
ReplyDeleteAs for the bottom pic, is that a hidden side to the carbon fiber or was than an exposed side?
exactly what are we looking at in the second pic???? carbon fiber, yes, I get that. And not the prettiest we've seen. get that as well. But where on the car does this component sit? and is the side shown visible? and is it structural?
ReplyDeletefwiw it is common practice to have contracts with suppliers stating that they are responsible for quality control once samples have been approved