Well, we know GM isn't failing because of the Vette. It's failing because UAW has had them by the balls for decades, and GM can no longer afford to feed and medicate the old union geeezers who happen to have worked on their assembly line back in the 1970s and 80s. Ditto for Chrysler. Ford is still treading water, but I sort of like my body in one piece, so I'd never buy one. Ford's safety history (or lack thereof) easily provides a full year of American law schools' curriculum.

Shame about GM though...the Vette is the greatest bang-for-buck sports car ever made.