In one of Peanut’s classic gags, Lucy told Charlie Brown time and time again that she’d hold the football for him so he could kick it, only to pull it away at the last minute.

American car buyers like to do this with GM. They say, “If only you offered the products you sell overseas in the U.S., we’d buy them.”

So GM gave this strategy another shot. The Holden Commodore is now available as the Pontiac G8, and the Opel Astra is available as the Saturn ASTRA.

Days supply–the number of cars in inventory divided by the number being sold each day–is around 60 when supply and demand are well-matched. With sales way down, this figure is up for everyone: the average for the entire industry is now 100 days. But the G8 and ASTRA still manage to stand out. Pontiac dealers have enough G8s on hand to last for 283 days. And Saturn dealers have enough ASTRAs on hand to last for 411 days–more than an entire year.

I’ve never seen a days-supply figure over 365 before. Well, at least they’ll have cars on-hand if the government does as some are suggesting and provides a tax credit for people who buy fuel-efficient American cars. Except that the ASTRA is made in Europe.