GM to shrink to four core brands in North America

[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.