My father who retired a year ago form the Fenton Truck Plant just told me about this. So I decided to look it up....Well maybe some Ford and GM employees may be able to grab some of these new jobs.

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Funny how GM is dropping like a rock while Chrysler seems to be exploding.

 

GM carries a heck of lot more cars then Chrysler does. The fact is, is that its easier to manage Chrysler then it is GM, therefore giving them a huge advantage.

GM needs to let some of their car lineups either die out or absorb them into other brands. Look at Oldsmobile....they went the way of the dinosaur, and no one really misses them.

 

GM also let's Chevy produce almost ANYTHING they concept... IMO they need to use more discrection as what to produce... instead of making everything and anything.

Way to go Chrysler!!

~Amanda

 

Speaking of GM, the Hummer division needs to cut back the prices on the H1 to something reasonable. No one in their right mind is going to spend 120,000 on one and I know GM has to be losing money just to keep the civilian Hummer plants open...


-Matt-

 

I would expand that to GM's entire fleet, not just Chevy. However, you are absolutely right. Just about any concept comes out gets built.

Look at the H2, the Pontiac Crapola aka Aztek, and the Buick Hideous aka Rendezvous

 

I hope this can help some of my friends who will be out of a job, who work at the Ford Explorer factory. I think much of GMs problem is Chevy gets everything. Pontiac keeps getting cut as does Buick. They keep "improving" Chevy by offering better interior, more options, more preformance, and more luxuries. The problem with people not wanting a Chevy was not that it didn't offer these things, it was they wanted a more prestigous badge than Chevy. If they would give Pontiac, Buick, or Saturn the effort that they give Chevy, I believe the company could turn around. Chevy is the base model brand of the company, but yet it gets the fastest sports car instead of the preformance division of Pontiac. The Impala SS offers just about everything the Buick LaCrosse CXS does in terms of luxury options, plus it has a engine with actual performance to it as well as a lower price, and they are on the same platform! In fact, the Grand Prix GXP offers more luxury items standard and more preformance for the same price as the LaCrosse CXS, again this is on the same platform line. This is why I'm glad that Plymouth was Xed instead of Plymouth offering everything and Dodge getting Xed instead. Which would you rather own? Ford has the same problem. They want to use the Ford division for everything (performance, entry level luxury, and base models). Every Mercury is just a Ford with a few more options standard. Mercury doesn't have their own car just to themselves anymore, and Lincoln only has the LS to themselves. The Lincoln car line-up is shared with Ford and Mercury.

If GM is going to have the different divisions, they need to start using the divisions for a change. They need to diversify the divisions car line-up and they need to understand what is good looking and what is ugly, and Ford needs to get out of the making Grandma mobile business (Taurus, Five Hundred, Crown Victoria). The Fusion is a step in the right direction, though I think it is ugly (it looks like a Tempo on steroids).

 

They need to kill off half...

 

There is a problem with what you said. GM is making some cars without Chevy...such as: The Saturn Sky and The Pontiac Solstice (same platform) which in my opinion are very nice lil cars.

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I'd agree with ya on that Chase.

I'd merge Buick with Chevy. This would give Chevy some low end glamour but keep the cars competitive and sporty. I loved the Regals for a very long time. Performance AND nice interiors etc...

I'd keep the Pontiac brand name and really make it personal to prove the new cars can perform. Go after the SRT/SVT divisions

I'd also keep Cadillac and Saab seperate. Those cars have a niche and sell quite well.

I'd do away with Saturn here in the USA, and probably all together....as they really are mostly Chevy's anyhow

I'd merge the GMC lineup back into Chevy....since its all trucks/vans anyways.... would eliminate the need to produce virtually identical trucks in 2 brands....

That would give you Chevy, Pontiac, Cadillac, and Saab. I think GM would make more money that way. I'd hate to see some of the cars go, but these really make the most sense.




Also, Pontiac has the new G6 V8 powered Coupe coming out.....which is actually looking like a lot of fun...