[mbeardsley]

Well, I wouldn't be very surprised if 2009 is the last year for them.

If GM is moving the production to Kentucky, they will have to spend big bucks for re-tooling (on a low production platform). All for a rather niche vehicle that is starting to (at least for the Solstice) see a reduction in demand.

As GM is trying hard to find cost savings right now, dropping the Kappa platform might make sense.

I would think that another solution would be to develop a more main-stream "commuter" Kappa version that would be cheaper and get better gas milage (assuming that this is even possible).