GM to shrink to four core brands in North America

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Rider

GMC is a much nicer trim line than Chevy. Chevy is GM's entry level trim line with Buick and GMC being their mid level trim line and Cadillac being their top of the line trim line.

yes, but they don't need several options anymore. Stick with Chevy for regular cars and have caddy for the fancy ones. They are trying to cut the fat and GMC is fat, it's not necessary. Saturn should go back to their roots, what made them stick around, cheap economical beat the shit out of them cars. They should be the entry brand. Buick, just dump it. Caddy, Chevy, and Saturn. They can take some of the necessary cars from other brands and move them to one of those three lines.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Trip

yes, but they don't need several options anymore. Stick with Chevy for regular cars and have caddy for the fancy ones. They are trying to cut the fat and GMC is fat, it's not necessary. Saturn should go back to their roots, what made them stick around, cheap economical beat the shit out of them cars. They should be the entry brand. Buick, just dump it. Caddy, Chevy, and Saturn. They can take some of the necessary cars from other brands and move them to one of those three lines.

A few example of models that cross the GM brands:

GMC Acadia, Chevy Traverse, Saturn Outlook, and the Buick Enclave - Same vehicle, jut re-badged and and different trim packages.

Pontiac G6 and Saturn Aura - Same fucking car

Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra - again same fucking thing.

Chevy Avalanche - Cadillac Escalade EXT - Same

Chevy Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade - Same thing

Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon XLT - Same thing

There are a lot more that cross the boundaries. So yeah you can clearly see where the fat needs to be cut. And like you said GMC could go away completely and no one would miss it.

[Homeslice]

They'll never drop Buick, it's always had very strong customer loyalty among the 60+ set

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

They'll never drop Buick, it's always had very strong customer loyalty among the 60+ set

They are trying to appeal to the younger crowd now.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

They'll never drop Buick, it's always had very strong customer loyalty among the 60+ set

Yeah like the Grand National.....

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Yeah like the Grand National.....

Yeah which was probably only 2% of Buick's sales.....

The real sellers are Park Avenues and LeSabres and bread & butter sedans like that.........Purchased primarily by age 65+

The only Buick that doesn't target oldsters is that SUV "crossover" whatever it's called

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Yeah like the Grand National.....

There's something Buick should bring back... unfortunately they probably couldn't do it justice anymore.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

There's something Buick should bring back... unfortunately they probably couldn't do it justice anymore.

Agreed! I'll never forgive myself. My step-mom worked for GM and could have gotten me a GN at a cheap price but I hated her so much that I bought a RX-7 instead....

[Corey]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

There's something Buick should bring back... unfortunately they probably couldn't do it justice anymore.

Or they'd water it down by rebadging an Opel or a Holden car. And yes, I'm sure the recent GTO is a nice car, but it's still just a rebadged Holden that should never have gotten the GTO name.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Corey

Or they'd water it down by rebadging an Opel or a Holden car. And yes, I'm sure the recent GTO is a nice car, but it's still just a rebadged Holden that should never have gotten the GTO name.

I was kind of excited about the GTO... the preliminary info was promising.
But seeing so many up for sale by owners since tells me something.

That and the red gauges are garish.