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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
People still own horses.
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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
My last 10 years at GM I got paid big bucks to peak under the covers of what everyone else was doing. Every major automaker has a competitor intelligence team that does the same. Knowing what your competitor is doing can provide a big advantage in the marketplace, especially if you can preempt them. Secrecy of product development is a big deal at all automakers, not just GM. GM just happens to be famous for “pre-programming” it’s executives to say “I am not at liberty to discuss future products”
Part of the rationale is not tipping the hand to competitors. Another part is, if you tell customers too far in advance what might be coming, they might wait and not purchase what’s available today.
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Yeah imagine how bad Gen6 sales would be if GM announced a Gen7 for 2023.