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Old 10-22-2008, 11:17 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by fastball View Post
At the risk of going slightly off topic here, did ANYONE at GM do their homework before the pulled the plug on Olds?????? Of course there would be mass lawsuits from dealers - some dealers were probably a hundred years old! I'd really like to know the business case that was made for this decision, and if the end result was even close to what was to be expected.
I believe one of the terms for the brand was "stuffy." Oldsmobile was not profitable at the time, and GM had to cut costs somehow. Today's problems aren't the only problems that GM has faced in recent years. I wish GMC had gone, but SUVs and trucks were selling very well at the time.
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