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Originally Posted by The_Blur
Don't be mad.  All of the options can be transferred from GMC to Chevy. All of the design components can be shared or compromised. Maybe GMC's current styling will be important to the next generation of Silverado. All I'm saying is that GM won't justify a Firebird for Pontiac, so why should it justify a Sierra for GMC? |
Volume. GMC sells 10x as many Sierra's as Pontiac would sell Firebirds. As for the entire GM fullsize truck/SUV platform, which are roughly 10 models, the accounted for about 1 000 000 sales last year, though this year will be significantly worse. Zeta/Zeta II won't sell half of that world wide sales but it is split accross Chevy, Pontiac, Vauxhaul, Buick, and Holden. In effect, it could easily be argued that the Camaro is more of a badge engineering problem than the full sized GMC's are.