The GLH wasn't built by GM and....
I've seen plenty of SRT-4 Neons tearing it up at roadcourses.

Here is a list of some victories:
In 2003, Cory O'Brien and Erich Heuschele drove an SRT-4 to a 1st in class and 8th overall finish in the Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America.[23]
In SCCA ProRally racing, the SRT-4 (and more recently the ACR version) has dominated the Group 5 (2WD) class since 2003. [24] In just its first year competing, the Dodge ended the stranglehold that the FWD DSMs and Volkswagens had on the class. With three entries competing the following year, the SRT-4 won every 2004 series race and end-of-season award. [25] The SRT-4 has won every Group 5 and 2-Wheel-Drive class championship in US ProRally and Sno Drift since 2003, and its unprecedented dominance in 2004 helped Dodge earn its first US ProRally Manufacturers Championship in 28 years. [26]
In 2005, Jeff Lepper drove the SRT-4 to its first ever national road racing win in the NASA US Touring Car Championship at California Speedway in Fontana.[27]
In 2005, Dale Seeley, Kolin Aspergren, and Jamin Cummings drove an SRT-4 to a 1st in class and 8th overall finish in the Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America.[28]
In 2006, the Dodge SRT-4 officially became the world's fastest production 4-cylinder car, averaging 221 mph (356 km/h) at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in a car built by Dave Harris and Phil Hurst for Racedeck Racing.[29]
Robb Holland and Dan Aweida's SPEED World Challenge SRT-4's.
Multiple SRT-4s were raced in the SCCA SPEED World Challenge - Touring Car Series[30], and in 2006 - their second year of competition - had become one of the more successful platforms in the series. Robb Holland, of 3R Racing, became the first Pro driver to put the SRT-4 on the podium with his 3rd place finish at Road America in August 2006. This was Dodge's first podium and first manufacturer's points in World Challenge Touring Car competition. Holland would finish the season with 3 top 10 finishes and two top 5 qualifying efforts in the SRT-4. [31] [32] [33]
In 2007, Doug Wind, Devin Clancy, and Ken Brewer drove an SRT-4 to a 1st in class and 5th overall finish in the Tire Rack Cannonball One Lap of America.[34]
In 2007, Curt Simmons won the U.S. Touring Car Championship in an SRT-4 [35] and Dodge won the season manufacturers points championship by 29 points over Honda behind the strength of several SRT-4's.[36]
In 2007, Stan Wilson won the Speed World Challenge Touring Car Rookie Driver of the Year and the Sunoco Hard Charger of the Year awards driving the Sorted Performance Dodge SRT-4. [37] This title was Dodge's first title in Speed World Challenge Touring Car.
In 2008, Curt Simmons attempts to defend his USTCC series championship, winning most recently June 29, 2008 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA.[38]

I think you'd be surprised. GM's latest hatch the Saturn Astra is a great little hatch that offers good performance and features all for the price of a ho-hum civic.

If you think it sucks, ask Europe they seem to love it and find it's potential performance to be good.


While not a hatch, the Cobalt SS will take on Honda/Acura's best on a race track or the drag strip and will probably beat 'em.


I know I'll be laughed at for this, but I'll say it...the Malibu Maxx SS offered 240HP from a pushrod V6, lots of torque, taught handling, and room for the whole family. All for just a hair over $20g's. Not a ground breaking car, but a decent ride and a huge bargain. If it had a Honda badge on it, plenty of kids would be driving them.


I'll admit, the Big 3 could have focused more efforts on building some better smaller cars. But really, what do they have to do? They build economy cars that can out-perform many of the imports that most people here put on a pedestal. And they do it for less $$$ and yeah, maybe the interior fit and finish isn't as good. BFD....it's still a quality car and cost less and is superior or equal to in performance.