My comments about Saab still stand. Saab has NEVER made a RWD car, just FWN and AWD. Yeah, like the 9-7x is any example of what Saab should be doing in the future. If you want Saab to get back to its roots, why would they make a total departure in their 60+ years of vehicle production by builing a RWD car? If anyone knows how to make a FWD car handle, it’s Saab. The sports cars Saab made in the past were all FWD. And GM is working on a 9-1. It was previewed as the 9-X Biohybrid concept cars.

Cadillac could use a car smaller than the CTS…a RWD 3-Series-sized sedan. While the CTS competes on price with the 3, it’s bigger than the 5.

GM’s cancellation of Oldsmobile proved that buyers couldn’t be counted on to return for another division’s equivalent model. Your suggestion of closing either Chevy Trucks, which is responsible for 1.25M units/year, or closing GMC, which is GM’s second best-selling brand (with 400k annual units) is silly. Not only would GM lose massive volume on their most profitable vehicles, but they’d have to PAY the 1700 GMC dealers in the country billions in order to buy them out of their contracts and close them down. GMC costs GM so little (just like Mercury costs Ford so little) that the added volume more than pays for the division’s level of distinctiveness. The last thing GM needs to do is close down their most profitable divisions (Buick and GMC).

Pontiac should either be closed down, or shrink to just the Solstice’s Alpha-based replacement and the G8 line. Saturn should be sold to SAIC (rumor has it they’re interested), and Hummer should either be sold off or closed down.

That Saab concep roadster is sure to be a RWD and the 9-7x was based AWD but based on the Ranier which is RWD so Im sure they can deal with a rwd roadster The important thing is to have the core vehicles the 9-3 and 9-5 be true Saabs Maybe even make a 9-1

Caddy doesnt need a car smaller than the CTS the CTS should be their entry level vehicle Get rid of the FWD DTS and make the new one RWD and call it whatever Just make one model and it should be more of a 5 series 6 series competitor

If you say Chevy is know for trucks then get rid of GMC They do NOT need both

You left out Pontiac Hummer and Saturn

Pontiac has the Vibe, which is based on the Corolla/Matrix platform. It sells okay, but not anywhere near Corolla/Matrix levels. And the Honda-engined Vue didn’t exactly sell like hotcakes, either.

If you want Saab to get back to its heritage, it can’t be selling RWD vehicles. FWD/AWD is all they’ve ever sold. So the Sky (kappa) platform would not work for Saab.

And the DTS outsells the STS 3 to 1. I think that they should replace both with one model, but that it be closer to the DTS in size, and compete with the likes of the 7-Series, S-Class, A8L, and LWB Lexus LS. What Cadillac needs to do after that is throw in a small Alpha-based sedan to fight in size under the CTS.

And your Chevy v. GMC trucks would work in theory, but not in practice. While GMC is GM’s second highest-volume brand (behind Chevy), the Chevy brand is almost better known FOR its trucks. Chevy trucks outselll comparable GMC models 2 to 1, at least. Plus, in order to keep from losing business, they’d HAVE to dual all Chevy dealers with GMC dealers. Which is extremely complicated. Besides, Toyota and Nissan don’t have separate brands for their trucks.

I think that GM should operate 3 channels: Chevrolet, Buick-GMC, and Cadillac.

If they keep Pontiac they should only have rear drive performance cars with little overlap A G8 and a coupe version. A Firebird based on the Camaro and maybe some mid size rear drive replacement for the G6.

Buick A version of the Opel Insignia just like they have in China Update the Lucerne and build that Regal concept thing from a few years back

GMC All trucks should have a GMC badge on them. Discontinue the Chevy trucks. Also they can have the Acadia but not the Terrain

Chevy- Get rid of the trucks but keep the Perverse and Equinox bc they are CUV’s. The only performance cars should be Camaro and Vette THATS IT and even that is pushing it

Saturn Die no need for you That money should be invested into Buick

Hummer Sell

Saab I say keep them but make the Saabs be true to their heritage and keep the rebadging down
9-3, 9-5, 9-4X and give them the Saturn Sky platform and make it a roadster but just have heavily upgrade the interior to Saab like standards

Caddy Only rwd performance LUXURY cars CTS STS I guess the ESC and Escalade can stay but the DTS must be dropped. The SRX has to stay as well Caddy is going to be fine

Hope you have a warm jacket

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2007 2009

I count 22 years there. Of course, you might only be able to count to 21, once you take your pants off.

And I don’t know what, technically, has carried over from 1988. But it’s more than just the “code”. The car has never had a full redesign in its 22 seasons of life.

Interesting question. And the answer is a full size, FWD V6 powered sport luxury car, like we had in the Bonneville. It MUST be available as a stripper with a bench seat, and also have the ability to be loaded to the gills like the SSEi used to be.

Second, remove the Cobalt SS from the Chevy lineup and make it a Pontiac.

Third (and I KNOW this isn’t going to happen) bring in the Corvette.

Lets forget about the hideous G3, the Vibe & Torrent are GONE, and give me a retro Firebird/GTO to bring the car nuts back in.

Oh, and one thing would be really frigging SWEET: a joint venture with Honda – just give me a Honda I can rebadge as a Pontiac. I want to see 1115′s head just pop off!

What, you want LESS choice?

Who cares if the frame, suspension, and engines are the same?

All the mojo was lost in the 80′s I think. Now it’s a shadow of itself selling Chevy clones.

Sad.

And, they could sell it all under one roof: GM.

Every dealership would be branded a GM dealership, and lord knows there will be fewer of them under the bailout plan, so by having all GM-branded dealerships, the company could solve the geographic coverage issue that will arise when they start cutting all the sub-brand dealerships.

Oh, and for all of you bickering about whether to keep, sell or close Buick, it all comes down to this: pride. GM can’t let itself sell a brand to China that does so well there, but struggles here. It would be an admission of defeat. Same goes for closing the brand.

And, finally, can Rick Wagoner just go away already.

Buick’s average buyer age has dropped from the upper 60s to the low-mid 50s. The LaCrosse is built on a 22 year-old platform, while the Lucerne’s platform is turning 18 this year. So the engineering and tooling for them has long since been paid off. Both cars have a decent profit margin.

And then there’s the Enclave, which is selling very well, at a great margin, as well. Buick is best positioned to pick up GME’s smaller vehicles in the future, because its higher transaction prices and more upscale image will not only pay for the more expensive Euro architectures that keep the Astra’s price high, but they could be marketed with Buick styling and features and sold as “premium small cars”.

Saturn can’t be the one to do this because their dealer body is way too small, and sales are terrible despite the fact that the lineup is 400% bigger than it was when sales were at their peak.

Cadillac can’t be the one, either, and they’re JUST starting to get their credibility back and need to do battle more directly with BMW, Benz, Audi, and Lexus.

There are already TO many damn dealers, no offence injunraiv! I personally think if there were about a third of less dealers, especailly in the metro areas it would be a big help for not only those in the metro areas, but also smaller rural dealers lik injunraiv. More is not always better imho.

Thanks guys…