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    What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Chevy, Chevy, Chevy, and Cadillac. Everybody else can bend over to receive their quarterly bone-us.


    The rest of the entire world's GM presence is second to those four. And unfortunately, that isn't a good balance.

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    Image of Matthew G. Reader Matthew G. Reader
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Oldsmobile, LaSalle, Viking, and Marquette
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/20/09

    @Matthew G. Reader: You have the right idea.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Can we avoid this kind of discussion here from now on? This is the kind of crap they waste bandwidth on over at Motortrend.com. We're above this.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Chevy - for obvious reasons


    Cadillac - doing well now, will continue their upward trajectory if led properly


    Buick - Give it a couple more unique models and there is a solid market for this brand. Can't really say that for Pontiac, I'm afraid.


    NASCAR - Think of the cross-promotional synergies!

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    Image of asaturn asaturn
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    why don't they quit it with the branding crap and call their cars GM? they put a little GM badge on each side of the cars now anyway...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/20/09

    @asaturn: British Leyland.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    If I were running GM, this is what it would look like. Hell I'll even say what cars Im going to put where.


    Chevrolet

    Aveo, Cruze, Malibu, Vectra, Orlando, Astra, Epica, Something on the Commodore/G8 platform (Omega), Captiva, Transverse, Silverado. Basically, check this out.


    [www.chevrolet.com.br]


    Cadillac

    3 Cars-CTS, Midsized STS (RWD) and a larger, lux type car, RWD basied on G8 architecture


    Buick

    Enclave,Park Avenue, LaCrosse, Regal, Excelle, and the Buick Business Concpet-MPV thingey. I.E. what Buick has in China.

    [www.buick.com.cn]


    There, that's it. No more brand dilution, some platform sharing, but its enough to REALLY differentiate the different models. I would also not be against bringing the Opel Brand into U.S. as a replacement for Saturn, that can be sold along a re-organized Saab brand. They will be a new, different company (fo realz this time), not burdened by GM mismanagement and corporate bull-shit. Opel/Saab would be a completely seperate entity, privately funded and retaining all the patents from GM. Gone are Pontiac (Diluted), Hummer (Money-Pit), Satun (Nice idea, didn't follow thorough) , GMC (Worthless)

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    04/20/09

    @Baron Schm Von Shamwoüzen memes ur memes.: Oh, and I would bash the unions over the head, and somehow dump off all those pesky obligations. Unions are impeding progress. That's why I'm pro-bankruptcy, then let the fun (and brand-chopping) begin.
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    04/20/09

    @Baron Schm Von Shamwoüzen memes ur memes.: Oh, and I forgot. Go ahead and let Chevrolet and Cadillac keep building the Slade/Tahoe/Suburbans. They may kill their CAFE numbers, but they're high-margin vehicles. I would switch them to uni-body ASAP, like Ford are doing with the Explorer and Jeep with the Grand Cherokee.
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    Image of philipmein philipmein
    04/20/09

    @Baron Schm Von Shamwoüzen memes ur memes.: You cut Cadillac short. They should still have the Escalade and CUV. It makes sense to offer high profit vehicles as a part of your high profit lux brand.


    I like the Opel idea. Not sure if it will have any more of a a splash than the Saturn Opels did. But I like a lot of their cars.


    Also, GMC is a license to print money. I don't like what the brand at all but I don't think there's a way to turn in into a trim line.

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    04/20/09

    @philipmein: I wouldn't turn it into a trim line. I would kill it altogether. The brand is taking up advertising space, and the brand is completely diluted. When you can buy a Sierra for a similar price to a Silverado, there is no brand differentiation, the brand does not stand for anything. It is important for brands to mean something to consumers (Weather it is actually meaning to petrolheads is a completely different matter.)
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Oakland, LaSalle, Acadian, and Bedford.
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    Image of wookie1901 wookie1901
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Marquette

    La Salle

    Oakland

    Viking
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/20/09

    @wookie1901: Ding! Ding! Ding!


    Heart click for yous.

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    Image of 413wedge 413wedge
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    The four core brands shall have new names. Cadillac will be called the BO-Motor Division. GMC will be relabeled as JBC. Chevrolet will be renamed ClitCo. And Buick will be simply known as "Tim".
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    04/20/09

    @bigblockautoX™: oops, meant to write ClintCo...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/20/09

    @bigblockautoX™: It's funnier as it stands.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Blue Cross Blue Shield

    United Concordia

    Medco Health Solutions

    Kaiser Permanente


    Cars are just a by-product of their healthcare operations.

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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    04/20/09

    @WheatKing: LMAO. COTD.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    04/20/09

    @WheatKing: Damn, I gotta hearty-click you for that. Nicely played, and I'll get behind Ash's COTD nod for that one.
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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel, Holden
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    oh CORE... My bad:


    Cocaine
    Opium
    Reefer
    Ecstasy

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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    04/20/09

    @J Schm (n rltn t Schm): Easy now.
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    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Of the current Brands:
    Chevrolet: this one HAS to be one of the core brands
    Cadillac: another core, stronger and better now than anytime in the last 25 years.
    Pontiac: they've already announce it will be "niche products" so expect Pontiac G8 by Chevrolet or some such crap
    Hummer: already out on the way out the door
    Saturn: already on the way out the door
    Saab: if they can't seel it they might just set it free
    GMC: it is redundant, just make all the trucks Chevys no one would care
    Buick: they are huge in China and probably a nice little profit center in the US too even if the cars have been boring since 1988.


    So that leaves: Chevy, Cadillac, Buick, and umm....ahh.. Oakland?

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Hmm, since Saturn is made up of mostly PETE 4, can't we recycle it and make some 2-Litre soda bottles out of 'em?
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    Image of Schweppes - Now with more school work Schweppes - Now with more school work
    04/20/09

    In reply to What Are The "Four Core" GM Brands?
    Who needs four? Keep Chevrolet and Cadillac, kill off the rest while merging the few non badge engineered vehicles worth keeping from the other brands into those 2.
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