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Color Me Gone
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Edward Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Published: April 27th, 2009
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But as one door closes, another opens. With Pontiac dead, Automotive News [sub] reports that GM will use its NUMMI capacity for some other Corolla-based GM product. Because, as one Pontiac spokesman puts it, “there’s really nothing wrong with the Vibe. Its only problem right now is that it is a Pontiac.”
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Published April 27th, 2009 5:30 PM
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“there’s really nothing wrong with the Vibe. Its only problem right now is that it is a Pontiac.” this quote is dead on - the Vibe is a decent car but Pontiac was never on the radar for most of the Vibe's natural market. They should build a Chevy Vibe to compete with the Mazda3 and take the Chevy badge off the Aveo and all the other Korean stuff.
"If I were Toyota, having GM sell rebadged Tacos is pure win/win." Not a bad idea. It lets GM close a plant. The midsize and larger cars are not exciting, but probably less than 5% of people want "exciting" cars anyway. The midsize and larger cars are roomy and comfortable, which a lot of people want. I'm 42 and I want my next car to be an "old man" car. Driving an "exciting" car is rough on my back. Pontiac is leaving instead of GMC because this way every GM dealer now sells trucks. Trucks help dealers make money during lean times because they always sell.
folkdancer At the old Pontiac Motor Division we always said that NUMMI stood for: Never Underestimate Management's Misguided Ideas.