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Detroit, 12:00 PM
Tue Dec 8
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12/05/08
12/05/08
Jerry Flint had a pretty good impression of Richard (The Rick) Wagoner, Jr in this Forbes column.
[www.forbes.com]
Good read.
12/05/08
1. Maximum Bob does know a thing or two about cars.
2. Makes you wonder what the outcome of a Kirk kerkorian takeover of Chryco would've ended up looking like...
12/05/08
12/06/08
GM is going to have to make some big changes. Changes that should have occurred 5 years ago with the dumping of the Saturn experiment. Pontiac and GMC should have been tossed to the side as well considering the amount of cannibalization from Chevy. Plus the part that made GMC a true truck company, the medium duty truck business has been sold.
GM is not ready for a fork because they are not yet done, but they are seriously ready for the knife and a major corporate overhaul.
12/06/08
The way I see it:
1.) Chevy needs to be the Everyman brand. Simple, easy to work on, economical. Good value, and ease of manufacture and maintenance.
2.) Pontiac needs to mean performance. No holds barred.
3.) Buick needs to be luxury and efficiency.
4.) Cadillac needs to be luxury and performance.
I can see no need for GMC at all. As it stands it could simply be a special trim line you order at your Chevy dealer. Nothing that much different than a special pony car trim.
That seems to make some sense to me.
12/05/08