http://finance.yahoo.com/news/GM-to-...2&asset=&ccode=

Along with more jobs.

 

who would have thought that having an entire brand comprised of old European models with new names wouldn't be a good business move...

 

What I do not get is they kill Pontiac but keep Buick. I think Pontiac offers much more interesting cars, but then again, that is what I like. Guess they need the "geezer" friendly cars too.

 

I kinda agree with you there.
The Pontiac line has a very large historical value, but what have they accomplished since the removal of the fire bird? All I can see is they butchered the GTO.
I also see why GM wants to keep the Buick line. Look at it this way: Pontiac cars really don't differ that much from GM cars. Buick is about the same way except the Luxury is between Chevy/GMC and Cadillac. Not everyone can afford a caddie, so die hard GM enthusiasts will turn to Buick. Hence the term old geezer car....

 

And they are all the same underneath as well. No originality between the brands like there was so many years ago. Same old BLAH!!

 

The G8 is actually a nice sedan. If I had a family and needed a sedan that moved that would be on the list. SLP announced a Firehawk made from a G8. 4.5 0-60. Well, wait, not anymore.

 

Saturn and Hummer soon to follow suit.

 

The car market is just too crowded.
I truly feel for the Americans that are losing their jobs over this.

 

Pontiac's lineup is almost never anything but clone models though(just rebadged chevs mostly), whereas Buick has unique models to the GM line.

I don't get the saturn drop. Saturns sell, the models are for the most part unique, save for the van(can't remember the name, but it was a rebadged chev), the sky which was a twin of the solstice, both based on the opel speedster, and the astra which was also ported from opel.

 

Yeah, "Body By Fisher", hehe