Newly confident GM readies assault on car market

By Michael Ellis

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Aug 18 (Reuters) - "Once upon a time, we set the style," the video says, as black-and-white images of tail-finned Cadillacs and chrome-laden Chevrolets from GM's glory days of the 1950s and 1960s flash by.

"The past is a lonely place to live."

Summing up the renewed confidence at the world's largest automaker, the video, currently being shown to dealers across the country, concludes with "the style is back, the quality is ...