well...overall...like I know anything
. I'm pleased. Less brands, less dealers, less models = more money, and better focus on what counts. The "core brands".
It sounds like Buick is to GM what Mercury is to Ford...I can see that.
Pontiac sounds like it's going to be sent to a much smaller, and higher-priced market...think American BMW or Audi...maybe.
The loss of Saturn is unfortunate. I like them...but, I don't buy their stuff...that's part of the problem. If you really think about it, if you want a family sedan from GM...you can choose from a nearly-identical Saturn, Pontiac, Buick or Chevrolet. That means 3 out of 4 of those brands AREN'T going to get your money, and will instead sap off of the Chevy(for instance) sale to live. Doesn't make sense, does it?
If they loose Saturn, and shrink Pontiac, then you're choice is now a Chevy or a Buick...two different-enough brands that deciding between the two is a legit question.
Leaner, meaner, and more profitable by 2012...I wish it was sooner, but this is a good plan...
Now it's up to congress to get their heads out of their a$$es and approve the loans. If they do...and this recession eases in the later half of 2009, we will see a New General Motors...one that Toyota doesn't have a chance against.:flag2: