Average GM plant worker makes $73 an hour, average Honda plant worker makes $44 an hour(and this is from their plants in the US). Don't get me started on comparing the quality between the two.
You're right-that thing is ugly as fuck. Soon to be sold to rental car agencies only like the PT Cruiser since they are the only ones who will buy them.
Maybe bankruptcy is the answer. You can't pay people like that to make an inferior product & stay in business-bailout or no bailout.
Most of my family is retired GM and that isn't exactly accurate. The plant workers don't make that much. That number is figured by dividing total labor cost by the total number of workers and then the average hours worked. And it also includes, health insurance, disability insurance, unemployment, and payments to GM pensions. So that $73 an hour is counting everything for all workers, past and present.
from both the gm and toyota website you can find "Average Labor Cost per US hourly worker".
Average hourly salary for Non-Skilled, Assembly line worker:
GM: $31.35/hour (Includes idle workers still on payroll and those on protected status)
Toyota: $27/hour (Includes year-end bonus)