GM Dissolves High Performance Vehicle Operations

so no more trips to the Nurburing...well welcome back Cadillac to those floaty boring cars of the past...

This F**king sucks! i am sure they could have thought of something other then canning it! i mean the M and AMG make record sales... i am sure there is businesses in there. it hurts!

You can`t compare M series, AMG series, RS series to V serioes. As Cadillac confessed by this action, the V serioes never was so profitable.

This is just the beginning of the end... Bye, bye american motor industry!

So will the service parts still be available for these?

I live in Detroit. My grandfather moved to this country many years ago to work as a tool and die maker for one of the big three. Three of my uncles have all worked for more than 25 years each of these companies. My father worked on the assembly line putting bumpers on cars to help pay for his college tuition. My friends and their families all have similar stories. So many people on this site and others like it, get angry because a car comes out that doesn’t reflect their taste for design, engineering, innovation, etc... Within the past several months and years people like you and me have been getting upset because these poor decisions have been catching up with the automakers in the form of sales and that means layoffs, job losses and family’s being hurt. I love cars. They are a passion for me. I can honestly say that my life has been impacted and surrounded by them much more than most people. I think that automobiles are the ultimate expression of the collaboration between Art, Science and Human innovation in the most practical of senses. That being said, seeing car companies make decision like getting rid of the V-series hurts. A lot! Sure, the first few V-Series cars weren’t as great as their European rivals. It doesn’t take a lot to figure out that the XLR-V wasn’t a project many people at GM were truly passionate about. But… THEY FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT!!!! This most recent CTS is amazing. I was ecstatic to hear what great things people all over the world like Jeremy Clarkson (who usually hates all things American) had to say about it. The fact that it is a true competitor to the M5 and AMG cars brought tears of joy to my eyes. I was pride stricken to think that a Detroit car company was making this global competitor. AND NOW THEIR GOING TO KILL IT!!!!!! The management at GM are not thinking properly. Electric cars are fast! And environmentally friendly. Why not come out with a line of high performance electric cars? Why kill something that you have worked so hard at, so long for and invested so much capital into? It just doesn’t make any sense to me.

if anything they should keep the performance operations because that was what they were best at, and cancel everything else; or they should eliminate most of the companies and focus just on cadillac, chevrolet, and (a BIGGGGGG maybe) hummer @AndareVeloce: No need to despair, they'll bring it back once everything goes back to normal, because people want vettes, v's, and ss's,

I totally agree with AndareVeloce!!! ...and this is coming right from the heart of the American auto community. I am sure Andare echoes the sentiments of lots more in Detroit. Its so typical one-dimensional short-sighted bureaucratic decision-making. This is exactly how the American auto industry gets left behind technologically. Does it take the Koreans next to overtake the 'big' 3 before corporate (auto) America wakes up?!?!?

the cadillac CTS-V looks great but nothing could even get close to the M's. i don't know anyone who would choose a V over an M.they're just saving money.i'm sure they discussed it for a long time.they wouldn't be able to sell them.