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Originally Posted by Hylton
I still believe that this may have been a direction that was good in the past but not now. We live in a global village where technology, innovation and advancement has brought us closer together and thus products do not need to be so different from one market to another. The cost of doing this does not outweigh the savings in streamlining and standardizing more than what is done now. JMO!
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Fine. But making things up like Toyota being oh so much better than GM at keeping brands the same isn't the way to argue your OPINION. GM and everyone else is trying to bring them all under one roof. Notice, the Camaro was built on a platform for Australian cars! Yea, they may have a different name plate down in Kangaroo land but that is done to keep customers. It's more about marketing at that point than it is anything else. How much does it really cost to stick a different badge on the car? Shoot, this could be done at the dealer!
It would be nice if GM could convince consumers globally to like the same things and just give up their brand loyalty but that's not going to happen overnight.