Mike, it's relevant because it's damn near impossible to buy anything in their line with a manual transmission. Even when you'd want one, like a pickup truck, or the mysterious (and completely unavailable at the time) 6 speed Camaros. Let's just say I had a few bad experiences trying to buy a car with the options I wanted from GM. The bottom line is you'd end up with a fugly truck and you couldn't even row your own!
I thought GM was going to keep the S10 around and use that as the fleet truck? Or am I thinking of Ford and the F150 "Classic"?