MICKEY KAUS: Green GM Stumbles Again. “Car & Driver compared six family sedans, including the Honda Accord, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Toyota Camry, plus the new Chevy Malibu and a VW Passat, the GM-killer sedan built at a non-UAW factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Results: The non-union VW came in first. The new Malibu came in last.” But wait — it’s the “Eco” model. Released first because of Administration pressure? “This is the sort of issue where unsophisticated people think the company just crudely caves to what it thinks the President wants. More sophisticated people know it’s much more subtle and complex than that. And real insiders think the company crudely caves to what it thinks the President wants.”