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I see GM is opting out of the NUMMI vrteune with Toyota after 25 years. I suppose that makes sense, in that in all those 25 years GM never seemed to learn much if anything from Toyota's manufacturing approach.But I do remember the introduction of the first NUMMI car badged for GM: the 1985 (or was it 86?) Chevy Nova, which was really a Corolla. I remember all those GM/EDS workers and GM/EDS suppliers who were glad they could finally get a quality car with a GM badge.I remember the Detroit-area TV ads which talked about the Nova's 'tight fit' and 'attention to detail' -- clearly GM's advertising arm understood clearly the relative appeal of the imports even if their executive staff didn't.Of course, the California TV ads for the Nova were quite different. They talked extensively about how it was manufactured just like cars from Japan, and ended with the slogan "Nova -- Imported from America".The NUMMI was GM's real chance, of course. They could have copied everything that Toyota did and at least become competitive. And they had that great opportunity with Saturn -- the new company in which all the rules were written afresh. But some how, some way, GM couldn't make it work.