No, I see it. A lot of us see it.
My response, after screaming against this bail out and being ignored along with so many other citizens, was to start my own boycott. I will NEVER buy a GM product, though they now are the only company to manufacture a column shift car. I will take the less comfort, straight-jacket feel front seats, and buy Ford. They are my auto industry heroes, everyone put something on the table in order to make them a viable and profitable company. GO FORD!
ping for later
Ok I might be ignorant here on this point, are you referring to automatics shifting on the column or are you referring to a stick shift on the column where you can go through the gears with a clutch by your shelf. Almost all the cars I've owned have been stick shift on the floor, but I learned to shift on a column though many many years ago, The car I learned to drive with had shifting on the column, it was an American motors Ambassador car. My Dad like those cars because they were cheap and easy to work on, basically he liked the straight six engines. But seems like I remember he did have problems at one time with the links to the transmission with these cars, probably that's why they stopped making them.