Robert Hall
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Ya, got to have the Mopies...all good choices also. From Ford, well, the GT500 is about the only one w/ that much power.
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Agreed, I think it's a good thing to have a unified channel, as long as each brand has it's own identity and products. If GM can trim down to 3 divisions/sales channels (Chevy, BPG, Cadillac) and 5 distinct brands (Chevy, Buick, Pontiac, Cadillac, and GMC (try and focus it to get rid of the redundancy), I think that could be a good model going forward...
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REPORT: Hummer's fate to be decided by Tuesday
Robert Hall replied to Intrepidation's topic in Heritage Marques
Good riddance. IMHO, HUMMER represented American vehicle design at it's absolute worst--oversized, brutally ugly, cheap and nasty inside, big on the outside yet small inside, thirsty and inefficient. It's a bad image for GM that needs to go. No innovation, no breakthrough products--just big, dumb, ugly turds. -
True...but I doubt if the general public is capable of distinguishing between a 'brand' and a 'division'.
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I still don't see how it matters...they are still 3 distinct brands, even if they are in 1 division/sales channel. GMC, Buick and Pontiac all have distinct models and identities.
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To the layperson, does it make any difference? It's still 3 distinct brands... just like Lincoln-Mercury---one division, 2 brands. The combining of multiple brands into one division might have cost savings on many levels, but it's pretty invisible to the consumer. The distinction is one of those 'inside baseball' things...
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Yes, 1 entity (division, sales channel, whatever the term du joir is), 3 brands. It's like Lincoln-Mercury--one division, 2 brands. Even though there is one division, there are still 3 brands, which is what people see... it's not a BPG Sierra, BPG G8, BPG Enclave, after all...
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The way I understand it, PBG is 1 division, 1 dealer structure, 3 brands.
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You should be able to cancel the bid, block that bidder, and relist it....it has to be fake with the 0% feedback, wierd 'my client' language and the UK address (why would anyone in the UK would want a wrecked US-spec minivan?).
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Ya...I know a couple of serial (over 20 years) GM owners that have moved on in the last 2 years...both married, around 40, originally Midwesterners... one guy that had had a Grand Prix, a couple Camaros, a Blazer, a Trail Blazer, now has an Eclipse and a Pilot. Another that had a couple Cutlasses and most recently an Intrigue and a Silhouette now has an Accord and an Odessey. Sad.
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The Next Generation Impala Rumor Wagon Rides Again!
Robert Hall replied to cire's topic in Chevrolet
Maybe they can do a new RWD Impala on the cheap by slapping a 4dr sedan body on the Tahoe platform (replace the rear cargo area with a trunk)..would make the BOF fans and police departments happy. Speaking of Tahoes, I've been seeing a lot of them lately used as police cars here in Phoenix.. -
I've been seeing them at a rate of 1 every two weeks or so the last ~6 months... never sure if I'm seeing the same car or not multiple times when I see a black SRT8 in a certain area.. I've seen a couple silver ones, a couple orange ones, a red R/T, a black V6 w/ aftermarket 22" rims, a black R/T w/ silver stripes, and at least one black SRT8 several times. Pretty limited color palette. I've seen them more frequently than I've seen G8s--saw a white G8 GT today..looks great in white.
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It will be interesting to see where '09 ends up...15-18%?
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Was that an annual or monthly loss rate? I would assume 2-3% per year loss of market share would be more realistic.
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Couldn't see that happening..all the Senators/Representatives from the states w/ import plants would block any kind of tax change like that.
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Very few outside of the Midwest, I would think. So many car buyers in the mainstream today are content w/ the modern 'Big 3' brands--Hondas, Toyotas, Nissans...not to mention all the other Japanese brands, the Koreans, Volkswagen, etc.. if GM goes into Chapter 11, who besides the faithful will seriously consider buying from them?
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I've long thought an '86 Caprice coupe (last year of the coupe, and only year w/ that front end/headlight combination) with a late model LS1 crate motor would be a fun project car.. Also, I always liked the early '80s Electra Park Avenues, esp. the coupes. I like the Delta 88s of that era a lot also, crisp clean lines.
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This afternoon's freeway sightings--- a yellow Chrysler TC by Maserati---haven't seen one of those on the road in probably 10 years, in clean shape, a maroon Panoz Esperante convertible--don't think I've ever actually seen one in person before, and the strangest being a Wal-Mart semi w/ a Freightliner cab and a Hyundai 53' box trailer. I didn't realise Hyundai made trailers, I'm used to seeing brands like Freuhauf, Trailmobile and Utility International.
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Yeah, GMC just seems completely redundant...all it's models have Chevy, Saturn, and Buick equivalents. At this point, I'm not sure how to save GM besides Chapter 11... and even that, what will come out of it?
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Odd to see a UPS Caravan. The badge removal seems to be a standard UPS thing--every UPS truck from their usual parcel vans to Econolines to International semis that I've noticed has the badging removed. I guess they have a fear of ornamentation and branding...just like some people won't wear clothes with brand logos.
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They did a restructuring under Rodger Smith 25 years ago, Chevy/Pontiac/Canada, Buick/Olds/Cadillac, Truck& Bus. That didn't seem to be successful. I started reading a new book yesterday--- 'GM: Why it Matters'...about 50 pages in, I've seen a few errors, but so far it's an interesting read.
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Well, it's certainly not been remotely succeeding as GM with it's traditional brand structure in recent years... In the past decade, GM has lost double-digit percentages of market share, billions and billions of dollars, and a huge amount of stock price...
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He can replace the V-crest badges with the blue & white propeller badges..
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Rumormill: OnStar to add hands-free Twitter functionality?
Robert Hall replied to Intrepidation's topic in General Motors
Cool...though I know some people that tweet while driving now, via their iPhones. This would be safer... I could see my morning commute tweets being like this: backed out of driveway, missed hitting recycle bin stuck at light stuck in middle lane behind hypermiling Prius driver there's a tie up on the SB 101 but the 202 is clear blah blah blah blah blah blah -
Good luck with your new position. As a past BMW owner, it's company I still have a lot of respect for, as they are committed to RWD, straight 6s, driver involvement, and all that is good in a world of FWD genericism.
