Well, don’t look now:
General Motors has halted the sale of about a third of the Chevrolet Cruzes now on dealer lots. The Cruze is GM’s best selling car model in the United States, and is also widely distributed internationally.
Spokesman Alan Adler confirmed that the automaker has ordered a halt to sales of models with the 1.4-liter turbo engine, the most popular version of the compact car.
Adler did not know the reason for the halt, and said there has not been a recall issued on cars already sold. The order applies to about 20,000 Cruzes in total.
I sense turds in the air…. where will they splat?
The news comes as GM contends with a damaging recall of 1.6 million small cars worldwide due to an ignition switch flaw that has been linked to at least 12 deaths. This stop order is minor in comparison to that recall, but comes at a bad time, as Congress and federal prosecutors probe why GM did not recall the cars for a decade after it discovered the problem. GM CEO Mary Barra, who has apologized repeatedly for the delays in the recall, is due to testify before Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
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The Cruze is one of GM’s best selling models worldwide, with more than 2 million sold globally since it went on sale in 2009. GM sold 248,000 in the United States last year. Adler said the stop sales order is only for U.S. dealerships.
GM Criminalty – Abby Martin – 3 min
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA0p4_Hj5Uw#t=118
Abby discusses GM’s multi-million car recall, after the company knew about a deadly ignition system defect which resulted in the deaths of at least 13 people, as well as the government’s severe lack of oversight of a company that taxpayers paid billions of dollars to bail out.
Chevy Cruze Forum – Service Issues
http://www.cruzetalk.com/forum/25-service-issues/
GM Stops Selling Chevy Cruze Models
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pf1pcVf8RA
Get ready for GM Bailout^Infinity.
Sounds like the Obama administration is running GM. Because we say so, and you don’t need to know.