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Originally Posted by truth411
lol, in your attempt to compare buick to ford, all you have done is affirm how terrible lincoln is at present which does compete with buick far more so than the ford brand.
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Actually, I think the exact opposite is true. For all intents and purposes Buick is every bit a mainstream brand right now, they're just marketed and priced like a near luxury brand. To be fair I think GM believes that this is where near luxury brands reside, but other automakers are currently carving out a new identity for the mainstream and that new identity covers where Buick is playing.
Lincoln, Lincoln is nowhere right now. And until Ford straightens out the dealership body issue nowhere is likely where they'll stay. Because lack of product and an unkown future are the only leverage they have to strongarm the dealerships into the position they want them to be in. Is that fair to the dealerships? Hard to say, but it is what it is.
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Originally Posted by Xanthos
Considering that this is the way GM has priced almost everything in the past, it seems like even more of a leap of faith to think they priced it in any other way.
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I'm not following you on the notion of a pattern here. I used to work in the automotive industry and I assue you the way things were priced confused the heck out of the people doing the pricing as often as not....there is no way we are ever going to know how they arrived at that number or have ths slightest clue what it means until more evidence mounts.