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maybe the $1500 rebate in some dealers
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GM have rebated themselves to death. People won't even give them a look unless they know they are getting a hell of a deal.
GM needs more products like the Cobaltm they are losing ground day after day, year after year due to crap products. not all of them, but a few. Too many lineups, too many badges.
Buick needs to have it's head cutoff, it's pretty much worthless. Too bad Tiger already gave away his GT. For those that didn't know, Tiger Woods won a Ford GT, but being a spokesman for Buick, he gave it to his Caddy.
The Buick LeCross, who gives a shit about this car? NOBODY!! And you have three different models of it! At the very least, eliminate the two lower spec models, and slash the price on top of the range LeCross. How will they make money off of it buy cutting it's price? By eliminating the production costs of the other two!!
Ponitac needs some help. The new G6 and Gran Prix's aren't too bad, but they can definately be better. Why isn't the GTO selling? 400bhp and rear wheel drive for $33k!!!! Deal of the freakin century. Skim down some wieght, thrown on some coilovers and go invade the local race track.
The multi-billion dollar Fiat extortion didn't help anything.
Chevy and GMC, you do not need both. GMC offers a few trucks Chevy doesn't. Here's a good idea, axe GMC and move those models to Chevy. Having both is a waste of time and a whole lot of money.
Give your labor unions a bitch slap. They will put you out of business if you don't change your ways GM. I can't remember the facts, but they are paying out the ass in benefits for woring and retired employees. Which is it people, a temp job with incredibly awesome benefits, or a stable job with above average benefits?
Don't touch Cadillac, it's going good.
Stop the badge engineering!! A lot of companies do this, but unlike GM, they don't distribute it to every make they can! GM latest Minivan, which is ranked 4th in class. So it's nothing remotely close to special. What did GM do, gave it 4 different badges! Why does Pontiac need a Minivan? Pontiac shouldn't be selling Minivans. Out of all the people in this country that want a Minivan, how many are going to run to their local Pontiac dealership? NONE!!!! You are wasting money GM. Tisk tisk
I know I've kind of gone off topic, but bite me. GM has it's head stuck waaaay up it's ass. Do they not realize the consequences of going from a 43% market hold to 24%? They need to make some major changes. The nonstop rebates, badge engineering and absurd Union contracts are killing them.
GM has announced that they expect to lose $1 BILLION over the last six months of this year!!!!!!
Mercedes ran themelves into the ground, GM has done it ten fold.
Back to the Cobalt LOL
I checked it out at the auto show, only because my friends brother decided to stop and check it out. It is pretty nice, but they have to go to the next step. Convincing people my age to buy it. At this stage, I have little interest in it. You won't be wasting your money buying one, as it's leaps and bounds better than a Cavalier. How many people have Caeliers, I must see 231 of them a day.
Good car for the money, how long till we see it with a different badge?
Did someone buyout GM?
) - then there are those stupid window buttons on the center console, and the door lock buttons giving no indication what is locked or unlocked.
- and a dash and door covering that has a nice tactile feel.
) - If you leave it in 1st, the T/C is turned off, and you can "drive it like you stole it" and it will shift up at red line... 
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