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Automotive News & Views What if you were in charge of GM?
874 messages, Last post on Oct 28, 2009 at 10:20 AM
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You guys look like your in the know. Any idea what the GM incentives on the '08's will be come 11/4? I was attempting to buy an '08 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew cab truck on Friday. The dealer tried to scare me as I was leaving by saying the current incentive ended that day (10/31). I see on the GM website that it ends 11/3. Do you guys think it would likely go down on 11/4, stay the same, or go up?
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Replying to: donnielsu (Nov 02, 2008 1:00 pm) |
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Buick: Definitely a keeper in my GM. No more "cheap" Buicks. North American Buicks would be finished more like the Chinese models - more of a Lexus than a present day Buick. Love the Invicta concept and the next LaCrosse would follow in this direction. LaCrosse name is troubling. Propose low-end LaCrosse be called the Special, mid-level the Invicta, and performance model be called the Super. Heck, bring back an aggressive RWD/AWD all-black model called the Grand National and get Buick back into NASCAR. Buick's got to do something about the geriatric image it's acquired over the last 20 years. Change Lucerne line-up. Low-end Lucerne would become the LeSabre and the high-end Lucerne would be the Park Avenue on longer wheelbase. LeSabre to remain FWD while Park Avenue would be RWD/AWD. Restyle both cars with bold Buick styling. I would love to see somebody bring back the aggressive sweepspear profile with the "Darrin dip" at the B-pillar. Present car looks too much like a Passat on steroids. Keep Enclave. Cadillac: Keep CTS as it is already a winner, but don't let it rest on its laurels. Make STS closer in size to the 1998-2003 Seville STS. As it is, it looks too much like the CTS. Get rid of FWD DTS as it is an anachronism in today's Cadillac. The new car will be on a large RWD/AWD platform. DTS should be renamed. Low-end DTS replacement will be the DeVille. High-DTS replacement will be the Fleetwood. No compromises. This car should be equal or better than the Lexus LS460 and Mercedes S-Class per luxury and build/material quality. Keep Escalade pretty much as it is. The SLR takes care of the smaller SUV segment. Agree with earlier poster that the XLR has the potential to be a serious performer. Not that the Corvette platform holds it back, but maybe it has its limits. Chevrolet: Kill the HHR. The PT Cruiser is passe and so are its imitations. Per the Impala, Agree with earlier poster - place it on a RWD platform with 3.6 DI engine and keep the V8 for SS model. Styling should be much more Impala-like. Current car looks too much like an Accord on steroids. Low-end car should have four taillamps and be called Bel Air. Fleet special should be Biscayne. Upper end cars will be Impala with six taillamps. Perhaps a luxuriously-trimmed car called the Caprice? Agree with earlier poster about other cars. Should keep the Volt much closer to the original concept. The proposed production car looks like the second coming of the Lumina! Ugh! Should build hybrids of Aveo and Cobalt. Kill the stupid Cruz name. GMC: Kill. Hummer: Kill. Pontiac: Really troubled as what to do with Pontiac. Really feel there should be a new Firebird/Trans Am based on the Camaro and I saw a really nice proposal by somebody at Carlisle this past summer. G3? G5? Get rid of these stupid clones - badge engineering at its worst. Keep Vibe. Wouldn't rename G6 the Grand Am because the name seems tainted. Perhaps Tempest? LeMans would be nice, but hopefully people have forgotten that 1980s Daewoo monstrosity. G8 is an excellent car, but the name sounds too much like a coordinate in "Battleship." Perhaps rename it the Bonneville. Saturn: Another problem child. Evil side says to kill it. Good side says allow it to live selling rebadged Opels. Saab: Sorry, iconoclasts. GM should either sell or kill this division.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 03, 2008 6:50 am) |
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I would start planning for war production. 
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Replying to: euphonium (Nov 03, 2008 9:49 am) |
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Replying to: ehaase (Nov 02, 2008 8:00 am) I do see someone buying the whole corvette production line, and perhaps viper as well.
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Replying to: nwng (Nov 03, 2008 1:05 pm) Well, if I had to start over and could only keep a few vehicles what would they be? Here's what I'd pick: Buick Lucerne/Cadillac DTS Cadillac CTS Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Impala Chevrolet Malibu Chevrolet Silverado Pontiac G8 The Lucerne/DTS and Impala would only be kept around on a temporary basis until I could come up with something better. Everything else would be tossed either for good or for fresh new designs. I would not want to see the Corvette production line bought up by some outsider because I would not want to see any abominations cobbled together from Corvette parts and various others like some of those Avanti cars that have come and gone over the decades since Studebaker's demise.
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 03, 2008 6:50 am) |
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Replying to: lemko (Nov 03, 2008 1:24 pm) As for your example, is rwd with a big honking V8 selling? You got 3 fwd sedans with v6 engines, shouldn't the resource be better utilize on only ONE of them? GM builds the best full size trucks. If they can beat toyota in NA, why not improve on it's small trucks and beat them in the world market? |
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