Sales of the new RAV4, as well as a new version of the Avalon full-size sedan, have started off strong this year, and the expanded Prius line continues to add to its dominance of the hybrid segment worldwide.
It killed entire brands, Pontiac included, and axed high-performance cars like the G8, a full-size, V8-powered sedan very similar to the new Chevy SS. It even went so far as to completely disband its long-standing High Performance Vehicle Operations unit, which had developed such fast, gas-guzzling cars as the Cadillac CTS-V and Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1.