Hey I found this while surfing...German quality my ass!
The Lansing Plant they refer to is one of the General's, and is a relatively new plant for GM, and one of their first to employ a multiple-vehicle assembly line.
"In last year’s J.D. Power and Associates initial quality study, Lansing Grand River was rated the second-best plant in North or South America with 88 problems per 100 vehicles produced, second to GM’s Oshawa, Ontario, No. 1 plant, and fifth in the world. It scored better than any European plant."
For the Full report you can go here:
http://detnews.com/2004/specialrepor.../a14-70492.htm