Every car GM makes needs a ton of expensive special tools to do repair
work.

Hasn't anybody from GM ever travelled to some of these poor countries?  If
they have they would see all the primitive repair shops.  A lot of them are
nothing but lean-to sheds in front of the mechanic's house like the one
with a sign that says "Billy-Boys Hydromatic Trashmission Exshange".
Except for a few shops in the bigger cities, there is nothing that compares
to anything in America.

Not only do these limited maintenance facilities not have all the special
tools for all the models and the new ones yet to come, they don't even have
a complete selection of expensive universal tools or even complete
assortment of ordinary hand tools.  Snap-On just isn't sold in these places
because their handtools look like fine jewels and wouldn't last 5 minutes.

The typical third world mechanic has tool box full of rusty New Britain
socket tools and a couple of open or box ends, some screwdrivers and a
crescent wrench.  Maybe a claw hammer he swiped off a carpenter or a
hacksaw he got from his local Tools R Us.  If he's lucky, he works in a
shop that has an assortment of screws, bolts and galvanized pipe from which
he can (try to) fabricate all the special tools he might need if ever a GM
car shows up for its annual major overhaul.

Lack of expensive tools and shop equipment is the only reason in my opinion
why GM has no market penetration in these secondary markets that are
completely dominated by the Koreans who have recognized the problem and
face up to it.  Kias are everywhere GM is not.  Its not because Kias don't
need special tools for service - they do, but they don't need special tools
because they never need service.  That's so, not because Kias are built to
greater precision than GM - they both grind their crankshaft mains to plus
or minus 1 mm; its because Kia says the next oil change is at 100,000 km,
while GM says take your car to the dealer after the first 500 miles.  See?
Its all in the Owner's Manual, the car itself having nothing to do with it.

My key point is this:  What a POWERFUL SELLING FEATURE it would be if GM
actually designed a Third World car.  Simple, free of electronics and above
all, minor and major repairs doable with just a rusty slip joint pliers
left over from World War II that you might find laying in the jungles of
Borneo.