Before Ralph Nader was the face of the Green Party and the the 2008 darkhorse candidate in the 2008 election, he was the bane of the automotive industry. Check out his book <i>Unsafe at Any Speed</i>.<p>GM&#x27;s response to the aforementioned? One of petulance and cowardice. They had to be hauled into Congress, kicking and screaming of course, before anything was done.