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Originally Posted by MikesZ
Your comments are as valid as anyone's on this site. Some of us older folks can relate but this site is comprised mostly of younger buyers who cannot relate because they only know the new stuff. There is a reason why GM will be lucky to hang onto 15% market share this year. You and I came from another era when GM dominated the US market and there were exciting/attractive vehicles in all their divisions. I don't give a rats butt about all the new/useless garbage in vehicles these days...but buyers want HUD, NAV, memory seats, etc. I'm encouraged by the designs of the Camaro and Cadillac CTS (can't wait to see the coupe up close). I would love to see another Monte Carlo and Grand National someday...but I doubt that will happen. I've been considering just driving a non-descript modern blob for my DD and finding a low-mileage older GM vehicle for my pleasure car. I miss the old days too, but times they are a changing and we just have to roll with as best we can.
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Exactly.
GM needs to remember its past (look to the Camaro for an example of that)...but it must not dwell in it. Like an old GM dealer video said, the future is in the windshield, not the rear view mirror.
You may not like the new Buick because you still remember the old RWD Buicks...but you need to remember that the market has changed. Cadillac is now GM's luxury performance division, not Buick. Buick is moving towards being America's lexus-fighter.