Packard. Studebaker. Oldsmobile...

What do these three have in common? They were once thriving, now dead car brands. And now its official - they will be joined in 2010 by Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Hummer. GM is dying the death of a thousand cuts. Hummer was a dead man walking anyway. Saturn they got completely wrong. But Pontiac and Saab? That's a shame. Robert Farago has the story over at The Truth About Cars.