There's allot to be said about automotive "vision", possibly DC has captured that. I am a long time GM man...all pontiacs...'73 TA, '74 TA, '94 TA 25Th Anniv, '98 Tansport, '04 montana...All vehicles still in my posession.
BUT I am now a MOPAR guy as well. My wife has an '03 PT and I just picked up an R/T AWD...WHY ? DC's vision of what guys like me (us) want in a daily driver, that doesn't cost $40K plus. I tried to find something in the GM stable that would satisfy my urge...The GTO is great, but not as a daily car, especially in the North East climate. The Caddies are way too much $$, so what's left ? No wonder GM lost over one billion $ last year.
Give credit where it's due...You can't please everyone, but DC sure has pleased allot more than their competition.