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Originally Posted by stovt001
And there is also no reason why it couldn't be a Buick. It is fairly upscale, and could be made even more so. While Buick is primarily sedate
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I agree that it would fit Buick well. Buick needs it, too. Also, Buick isn't really that sedate anymore; they just can't shake the reputation. Take a look at horsepower numbers for Buicks...you can't get anything really slow from Buick right now.
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The real problem here is the entire automotive community is crying out demanding the G8 be rebadged
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A community crying out doesn't mean much. Money talks...and I guess it's been pretty quiet.
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Originally Posted by The_Blur
The G8 market is the same as other GM car markets. Look at us. We're on a Camaro site. We're talking about ways we can wiggle a car that we all love into full lineups. If we are so desperate to keep it while so many buyers are prepared to ignore it, then we are a poor representation of the market.
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Additionally, we're not buying it. We're buying the Camaro. So, even the people who like the G8 and want it on the market aren't buying it.
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65
Now, another rumor that's been flying around lately is that there's plans for the VF Commodore (current G8 = VE Commodore) to be brought stateside as something...unfortunately, we haven't gotten any form of confirmation about that yet.
So when Henderson keeps saying "No" to rebadging the G8 to another division, it may mean that GM is attempting to get rid of every remaining G8. This way, there's no actual "rebadging" going on if the VE Commodore is sent to Chevy.
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When you put it that way, I'm not so bothered by the disappearance of the G8.
There's always so much bitching about badge-engineering; bringing a Commodore that can't be described as a badge-engineered car already on the North American market sounds like a great strategy.
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Originally Posted by stovt001
Keeping an old car around so as not to "waste" precious money by producing modern cars and selling the crap for years through profitless fleet sales is how the Domestic auto industry does business.
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Ford, the worst offender with that strategy (rental Taurii and government/service Crown Victorias), is the only one of the Big 3 that didn't need bailout money.