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When Chicagoan Joseph Siwek asked his mechanic to do some work on his new 1977 Oldsmobile last winter, he was angered to discover that the engine under the hood was not an Olds Rocket V-8 but a less expensive Chevrolet power plant. The discovery led to a revelation that GM had put Chevy engines not only into Oldsmobiles, but into some 1977 Buicks and Pontiacs as well; GM became the target of about 250 state and private lawsuits. Last week, after months of legal maneuvering, the company reached a settlement with 44 state attorneys general, who had been suing...
...still insists that it did nothing wrong: if a car buyer paid for a 350-cu. in., 170-h.p. engine, that is exactly what he got?though some owners, like Siwek, experienced delays getting their cars repaired because parts for Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Buick engines did not always fit the Chevy motors. The $40 million will hardly be a severe financial penalty to GM, which has earned as much as $1 billion profit in a single quarter...
...case may have a lasting effect in showing the power of a coalition of state legal officers. Illinois Attorney General William Scott, who started the whole affair by investigating Siwek's complaint, notes that this is the first time so many state attorneys general have banded together to fight a case on behalf of consumers against a giant national company. Says Scott: "We really formed a national public service law firm that could prove effective again in the future" if another company gives grounds for reactivating the coalition...
...looks like an Oldsmobile, bears the Oldsmobile name plate and is sold by an Oldsmobile dealer, is it in fact an Oldsmobile? Chicagoan Joseph Siwek thought so until his mechanic looked under the hood of Siwek's new Olds Delta 88 last winter and found a Chevrolet engine. His discovery led to the revelation that General Motors has been using Chevrolet engines, not only in Oldsmobiles, but in Buicks and Pontiacs as. well. To date, 40 suits alleging fraud have been filed against GM-14 by states, acting on behalf of all buyers of GM cars in their jurisdictions...
...Rush of South House; Richard Sacks of Currier House; Louis L. Safranek III of Kirkland House; Jeffrey F. Sagansky of Lowell House; Mark S. Seliber of Kirkland House; Paul R. Shapiro of Kirkland House; Gregory P. Shea of Winthrop House; Lawrence J. Siskind of Lowell House; Leland G. Siwek of Mather House; and Richard M. Stallman of Currier House...
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