06-17-2009, 05:57 PM
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Drives: vrooooom vrooooom
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,375
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Originally Posted by stovt001
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=150728
To summarize: The G8 will not live on because Obama crony Henderson "doesn't like badge engineering". He is, however, perfectly happy to slap a new badge on an Equinox, call it Terrain, split marketing dollars in half so neither is properly marketed, and have the two cannibalize sales from each other while everyone else looks on and laughs. That's perfectly OK, but moving a fantastic, critically praised product from a dead brand to a surviving brand where it will have no internal competition and minimal external competition is not good badge engineering? With a thought process like that, GM has pretty much put themselves off my radar, except for the Camaro. It isn't just this one decision. It is a pattern of killing great cars and rebadging flops to spread the mediocrity.
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As great as the G8 is, it isnt selling how they would like. Im going to go out on a limb as suggest this plays a big role. The G8 (esp. the GT/GXP) is a GREAT car, but id say the exterior scares alot of people away. The odd hood scoops and ricey looking tail lights arent representative of a 30-40k car.
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"With a light touch on the brakes, run the revs up a bit. Slip off the brake and bury the throttle. There's a light chirp as tires scratch for bite. Then comes a sub-5.0-second sled ride to 60 mph. A tick over 13.0 sec. and you're through the quarter-mile. It's a rush, of course, but not overly dramatic. Try the same thing with this pair's predecessors of 1970 or so and you'll find yourself in a bit of a wrestling match. Ain't progress wonderful? Maybe yes, and maybe sometimes it's fun to wrestle."
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