What happened in 1979 with Frigidaire?

[roto204]

Roger was so kind as to lend me a copy of a 1979 Consumer Reports (where the A608 swept the report--and boy do I miss the "Advantages/Disadvantages, A,D,E,M,P/a,l,n,t" form of ratings), and I noticed that--while there was a WCI top-loader and WCI front-loader, there was no Frigidaire to speak of.

Wasn't 1979 the year that GM handed it over to WCI? Did the Frigidaire name take a hiatus, or did Consumer Reports just have one of those moments that they occasionally do where a Frigidaire just wasn't purchased for testing? The article was mum on the matter, so I wondered if any of you knew...

Thanks in advance!

 

[mrcleanjeans]

wasn't fine in '79

the REAL Frigidaire Follies were commencin'to occur

 

[peteski50]

What happened in 1979 with Frigidaire?

Frigidaire was actually sold to WCI in 1979 but the production stayed with General Motors until the end of 1980.
1981 was the beginning of the new horrible product line of wci frigidaire.
Peter