Beleive it or not, I'll be happy if the company succeeds (after every share of government ownership is excised of course). I think it's way to early to say since they are not really standing on their own yet. Chrysler was declared a success just for paying back it's original loan, but the problems that led Chrysler to financial collapse in the first place continued for years. Meanwhile the foreign auto makers took a larger and larger share of the US and world car market. These bailouts don't fix the problems, they help these companies
avoid fixing the problem. That's the real problem!