GM is making desirable cars?

Oh yes. Yes they are. It seems the recipe is to beef up the suspension and throw a Corvette engine in. That's what they did with the Cadillac CTS-V. Or, in the case of the Cadillac XLR, just take an entire Corvette and put a new body on it. With the Pontiac GTO, they took the last generation Corvette engine and put it in one of their best platforms from abroad, a Holden Monaro from Australia.

The good part is that I got to drive them all, including the new C6 Vette, on a mini autocross style track at a GM Test Drive event. Damn, that was fun. The CTS-V was an especially nice drive. The Corvette was just plain intimidating with it's heavy clutch. Not quite as easy to maintain as last years C5 that I drove, but with 50 more horses, I suppose a little more is needed to tame them animals.

Even the Pontiac G6 was a nice ride. 200 horses, a nice body, and a decent ride. Watch out Accord V6 and Mazda 6, I think sleeping giant just opened an eye.