WTF?

GM to speed up production of SUVs

General Motors, encouraged by the early sales of its Tahoe sport-utility vehicle, is accelerating its production schedule by several weeks for other SUVs built on the same platform, a spokesman said yesterday. GM is also asking its parts suppliers to ship components ahead of schedule so it can move to production more quickly for new versions of full-sized SUVs such as the Chevrolet Suburban and the GMC Yukon XL. The moves are key since the revamped line of SUVs represents the struggling automaker's most important product launch this year, in a profitable segment of the market that it has long dominated. The new SUV was launched amid concerns of high gasoline prices and a consumer backlash against SUVs.
(National Post 060316)

...and the lower gasoline prices we're witnessing right now AREN'T temporary? Hoo boy, these guys just won't give up, will they? The epitome of maintaining the status quo because change is too uncomfortable (err...unprofitable) is emblazoned in GM's current belief system. It makes me sick.