04-18-2018, 10:49 AM | #5139 |
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Sigh.
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04-18-2018, 01:26 PM | #5140 |
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I used to work for Steve. He was VP of Global Product Planning before he was head of GM Canada.
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04-18-2018, 02:45 PM | #5143 |
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So if I am reading that right, they are implying that JDN possibly didn't want to speed up plans for what is hot in the market right now? as in CUVs and SUVs Is that what anybody else got out of that?
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04-18-2018, 04:07 PM | #5144 |
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Sounds like JDN might have been concentrating on the rumored flagship cars like Escala and sports car too much instead of pushing current programs like XT4/XT6 forward.
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I read it as someone wants to focus on TODAY and capitalize. Yes speed up and roll out product. JDN did not want to give-in at the risk of not making the best product he could. He wanted to stay focused on making sure everything was right before he released something. Not roll out something because marketing said it is time if he knows there are kinks to work out. Hard commodity to find in someone today.
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The way I interpret the blurb Fen posted is that GM wants more crossovers (the thing thats 'in' today) out of Cadillac while Johan wants to build more prestige for the brand (whose payoff is in the future). Presumably he wanted to do that through low volume halo vehicles, like a flagship sedan and/or a sports car. But there was a secondary thing in there too, about markets. The US market was pointed out as not being capitalized on. Which potentially means that Johan was instead putting too much effort into growing things internationally (likely China).
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^^^This. Fenwick and DGthe3 nailed it.
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Ford refuses to use GMs 9 speed transmission. Not efficient enough to offset the weight. Hrrmmm...interesting.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/...s7T?ocid=ientp Well, I guess Ford has their reasons. I'll say this...we have a 2018 GMC Terrain with the 9 speed, and I love it so far. It has never once seemed like it was hunting for gears, and seems to be a smart smooth transmission thus far. Averaging a hair over 29mpg.
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Speaking of Ford...
https://www.autoblog.com/2018/04/25/...-focus-active/ Supposedly every passenger car program besides Mustang and a Focus pseudo-crossover is dead.
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