Oracle of Delphi

I think coming from Lutz, that's pretty darn official. Ahhh but hope springs eternal, that's nice to see.

GM considers expanding Buick lineup Jamie LaReau Automotive News August 27, 2007 - 12:01 am EST DETROIT - Buick's high customer satisfaction rankings and its recent jump to tie Lexus at the top of J.D. Power and Associates' 2007 Vehicle Dependability Study has General Motors executives considering more vehicles for Buick. "We think we've got room for expansion in the Buick lineup, and we see Buick over time hitting that space in the market where today Acura is, Volvo is - that's its historic position, where it's a cut above Dodge, Chrysler and Ford," said Mark La-Neve, GM's vice president of vehicle sales, service and marketing in an interview with Automotive News. "It was always a near-luxury premium car." LaNeve said GM is considering molding the future Buick lineup to resemble Buick China's offering: "By leveraging some of the products that we're going to be introducing in China over a period of years, we can augment the Buick lineup to really slot it in a very sophisticated place in the market above the mainstream." But Buick apparently will not get a large rear-wheel-drive car like Pontiac's G8 sedan, due early next year. Buick dealers this year rejected the model because it would overlap with the Lucerne. Pontiac, meanwhile, will get a V-8 version of the G8 priced close to $40,000 and a V-6 version priced "well below" $40,000, LaNeve said. The mix will be skewed toward the V-6, he added. It's built off a new rwd platform by Holden, GM's Australian unit. La-Neve says the car is aimed for the Dodge Charger, Honda Accord or Nissan Altima buyer, "who pays a little more but wants a lot more performance and a different image." "It won't be a tremendously high-volume product," LaNeve said, "but it's going to be significant to the Pontiac brand and a real continued image boost like Solstice was for Pontiac."

I answered your PM. I do not have the ability to blink. On that note, I am now like Sergeant Schultz from Hogan's Heros, "I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!" Words to live by! :AH-HA_wink:

bv, all I'm going to say is you're a strange, strange, young man, and leave it at that.

Herr Lutz, backs der Börger (AKA: PCS) in Chevy El Camino vs GMC Caballero. I rest my case!

Here is mine! Once a geek, always a geek! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mEm3DSIRKc

You have to think about what a Global Brand might have to do, to become truly global. But hey what do I know?

But that is not what I said now is it? I wasn't trying to quote the movie!

LOL! You gave me an idea!

Was du bedeutetest und was du sagtest ...

Just because you don't like the message or the messenger, that doesn't make the message wrong. From now on I'm not going to hint at what GM plans to do, I will be too busy in my new assignment anyway, which I will carry out in my usual German utmost efficiency, as always. From now on we can all just sit around the GM campfire and sing Kumbaya as the press releases come down from on high.

OK, Captain Kirk! :AH-HA_wink:

Why does that not surprise me?

GM europäische Hauptquartier ist Zürich. http://www.gmeurope.com/download/gme_corpo...pack_and_go.pdf Es ist ein Jahr oder ein so alt. Seite 10, es betrachten erklärt.

Spin it whichever way you wish, it matters not to me. In the end there will be just one.

Where did I say GMC is getting the axe? I said one truck brand only. I do not care which one, just pick one! If GM does become another Hudson, Studebaker or even Kaiser, all the better for you, some more old bones for you to pick over.

I like the name El Chupacabra. How funny it would be to have the Goat Sucker in the same showroom as the GTO, if it ever makes it back into production.

2 6 1

Just as long as they are not made in Australia, I'm fine with it!

I want to see if the following license plate is available at the Motor Vehicle Dept. for my Custom-S. "7 MPG"!

I made a promise I'm not going to break! So I will just sing now! LALALALALALALA!

No sir, I do not work for Cerberus, nor would I ever. Shame on you, you haven't figured out where I work? Don't kid yourself, so is GM working on restructuring, just not as open about it. As we speak, Chevrolet is being built as a World Brand and there are countless efforts in continuous quality improvements throughout GM. Change is in the wind my friend, can't you smell it? I can and I thrive on change.

Blame the edict for GMC and blame marketing for the Latino name, and trying to appeal to the largest minority in the USA now.

GMC by edict, is the truck brand, so if it happens and that is, if, there are still things that must be done. I would start leaning towards this name - GMC Caballero.

I promised not to rain on Camino's parade, it was going to be a surprise.