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Now, he says, G. M. 's new models can be compared to the best that the company's Japanese and German competitors have to offer.

Wagoner has been criticized for his handling of G. M. 's declining fortunes, but he has said he intends to stay on.

Imagine, then, that someone asked you to make a conservative forecast of G. M. 's market share five years from now. What would you say?

Our motto should be, "Start-ups, not bailouts: nurture the next Google, don't nurse the old G. M. 's. "

The deal resolves a problem that could have upended G. M. 's plan for a quick restructuring, this person said.

In addition, the Nissan Leaf, an electric car, added to its sales lead over the Chevrolet Volt, G. M. 's plug-in hybrid.

Unhappily, however, the fate of many public-sector pension plans is even worse than G. M. 's.

The two walkouts are in addition to a long strike at one of G. M. 's parts suppliers, American Axle and Manufacturing, which forced G.

G. M. 's decision surprised many advertising executives.

The bailout will, in fact, solve several of G. M. 's biggest problems.

"G. M. 's $11 Billion Turnaround, " Fortune said in 1994.

They forecast G. M. 's market share would drop to 17 percent in 2014.

G. M. s sales in China in the first half of 2010 were quadruple those of the Ford Motor Company.

But in the European region, G. M. 's sales rose 9 percent, to 2. 2 million vehicles, last year.