Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 07:38:30 -0700 From: William H. Bowen <wh_bowennospamlobal.net> Subject: Re: GM's excess baggage - Buick, Pontiac, Saab, Hummer
Edwin, Nope, those are real GM trucks. The MD/HD line is a lot smaller than it used to be (remember the GMC Astro, not the van but the tractor? Used to drive one of those about 30 years ago and it was a great tractor. Also has the distinction of being the first tractor to have the Allison automatic transmission), and GMC also gives the dealers other than Chevrolet an entrance into the truck market (notice how many Buick/Pontiac/GMC dealers there are around, especially in metro areas?. One thing everyone keeps overlooking is the costs of shutting down a brand. It cost GM over a billion dollars just in dealer buyout costs to shut down Oldsmobile, and that figure is artifically low because a lot of the dealers were not bought out but shifted to Buick or Pontiac (one example is Avery Greene in Vallejo, CA - this dealer had been with Olds since the 20s {BTW, he and his dealership led the west coast caravan to the 100th Olds anniversary in Lansing in August, 1997 that I was part of} - was shifted to a Buick/GMC franchise.) If GM kills either Pontiac or Buick, we're probably looking at twice this number (or more). And in this figure I'm not including the internal costs (how much did GM lose on each Olds they sold after the "Olds is going away" announcement?). You can bet the bean counters at the Tubes have got these numbers all calculated out, and if it made economic sense Rick would do it in a heartbeat. Regards, Bill Bowen Sacramento, CA "Edwin Pawlowski" <espnospam.net> wrote: > >"Joe" <Joenospamspam.net> wrote in message >> The second thing nobody talks about is GMC. They don't add anything at >> all to GM. They don't actually have any products (just Chevrolets). >> Nobody ever talks about that being a waste. Okay by me. > >There is the medium duty commercial line. I don't know if they are >profitable or not. Or are they re-badged Isuzu? >
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
