I also like the “Buy a Car and Piss Off” suggestion.

I think I got a 520 on my math SATs. Maybe lower. Text amended.

Press Release
Buy and Say Goodbye: July Offers Make Getting a New GM Vehicle More Affordable

• Say Goodbye: GM will have twice as many qualifying vehicles under the Federal “Cash for Clunkers” program, once it is finalized, than any other manufacturer

This is a serious leap of logic. So it’s really the “If You Don’t Have A Clunker, Buy Now, And Buy Next Month If You Do Have A Clunker Sale!”

Seriously?

Ok, maybe each dealer is open 12 hours a day?
Still. Stupid.

This entire effort speaks volumes.

There is some talent at Guv Motors marketing, but the guys who ran it into the ground are obviously still calling the shots with ridiculous planning and execution like this.

Even freaking intern could have come up with something better like “The 4th of July Good Buy Sale”.

Old GM / New GM…doesn’t matter. Liquidation is still the future for this entity. Taxpayers get the bill for an arduous and unnecessary stint on life support.

Their products cost too much. Trotting out the 72 month 0% sale yet again is old. Try reducing the price. I mean REALLY reducing the price, not those piddling rebates whose amount is strangely similar to the same amounts in the 1970s, although the product cost twice or thrice as much.

If they want to clear out the stock of Pontiacs and other discontinued models, just have an honest going out of business sale.

They might as well be saying “Can’t afford a decent car? Get a GM instead.”

I have to agree. It sounds like the name for a going-out-of-business sale. It definitely doesn’t make me feel confident about the seller being around in the future if I need service. (In fact, if I were a dealer, I would be PO’d by this for fear that it would scare my customer base into thinking that I was one of the dealers targeted for “culling.”)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts_fZStHYbA&feature=fvw

Ah, those crazy Indians…..

does the dealer approve the loan? I think the bank (GMAC etc.) does. the dealer just transmits the data to the bank. Well, since GMAC belongs to the goernment they might give 0% to anyone, they don’t need to rely on getting it back ever anyway.

But it’s better than the bank is charging.

Hmmmmmmmm. Why do I keep thinking about a G8 GT . . .

Just a thought.

Weirdly this campaign could get a “Truth in advertising award”.

“Goodbye and god riddenance”.

Bunter

If they offered a cash discount, then you could shop all the different banks and finance companies, for your best rate, whatever your credit was.

Lower price = low payments, and if you ever have to trade the car early, you owe less. So offer the people a big cash discount. Otherwise, the dealers will go out of business carrying tainted inventory.

It is even worse than “This is not your father’s Oldsmobile” – which reminded everyone exactly WHY they did not want an Oldsmobile.

They could have at least copied the old ad “We are having a sale because we need the cash”. Reminding the customer you are desperate for cash is ok – they understand that. Saying Goodbye indicates they will sell you a car, and not be around to service it.

He may be pres of the USA, but to announce that a new deal is available a month before it is available is just plain stoopid.

I thought the same with all the electro-B***S**t cars at the Geneva show too. OK, nice electric car you are going to make there Mr.Car maker. I will not buy another ICE car till this comes then…(in 4 yrs time)… idiots.