No More Caddies

I am saddened by the news that another US business icon is on the brink of bankruptcy. General Motors Corporation (GM), once the largest car maker in the world, will be reorganized under the US’s bankruptcy laws according to the news. For years, because of its dominant role in car making, it offered decent jobs to millions in the US and around the world. Their reliable and stylish cars labeled under the brand names like Cadillac, Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile, were most popular ones in both the States and abroad. I also noticed many governments had deployed the elegant and stately Cadillacs to transport their dignitaries. Hopefully, the upcoming reorganization of the company will make it a leaner and more competitive car manufacturer that produces only fuel-efficient and reliable vehicles.

This news also reminds me of a dark-red Buick our late parents had in the old country. It was a four-door passenger car that was a very reliable transport for our parents. While our father never learned how to drive, our mother did. She probably was the only woman who drove a motor car in our neighborhood. On the weekends, our dear uncle and his colleagues would pile us, the kids, up in the car and go sightseeing. I and my siblings certainly had a whale of good time riding in this GM car. - Ayee