Chevy is in a tough spot. Well, GM as a whole is in a tough spot. News has recently circulated that GM was closing several plants, and put five others on watch. 15,000 people are now out of work, and many more have little job security. Along with the three closures in Oshawa, Ontario, Detroit, and, Youngstown Ohio, GM will also cease production of the Chevy Cruze, Chevy Volt, Cadillac CT6, and the Buick Lacrosse. The Warren powertrain plant and Baltimore powertrain plants are also in danger of shutting down after next year as well. Things are getting ugly, but how bad is it?

So, like Ford, GM is cutting some of its car models. This is to be expected as SUVs are just so popular. The closing of plants and putting others on alert start to paint a picture about the condition that Chevy as a brand and GM as a whole is really in. But, we didn’t realize it was so bad. Well, not until we went to the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, and that’s when it hit us that Chevy is about two bad decisions away from going belly up, just like Saturn, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. Just take a look at the pictures to see how bad it really is. Mercedes’ booth had plenty of activity. Even FCA’s Mini brand was getting attention. Look across the room, and Hyundai drew quite a crowd, as did Mazda and Jaguar.

Chevy has been around a long time. It almost went belly up a decade ago, and the government bailed it out. This time around, however, President Trump isn’t too pleased with GM as a whole, criticizing the company for closing U.S. factories while factories elsewhere continue to run like clockwork. Maybe the company needs new leadership. Well, it probably does, to be honest, but it’s going to take a lot more than that – or the desire to “generate free cash flow of $6 billion by the end of 2020.” Right now, Chevy is failing miserably, and the whole world knows it. It couldn’t even draw interest to its stand in L.A. where it’s entire lineup was on display. With news that the C8 mid-engine Corvette isn’t coming to Detroit (another big failure on Chevy’s part), I’m willing to bet people won’t show them any love there either.

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