Why a GM car at this juncture?

They've always made cars that had less-than-wonderful reliability, and now, increasingly, it looks like GM is going to have a hard time surviving, bailout or not.

In general, there aren't any American auto manufacturers I've been impressed with, but if I had a gun to my head and had to buy American, I'd probably go with Ford because they are the most financially stable and it seems like they've made more effort to make cars that people actually want to buy.