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MightyBobo · 04-02-2009, 10:55 AM

Crash - being in a VERY GM family, I can understand some of the gripes. The most frustrating thing is the freaking option packages, sometimes. But then again, its just like trying to get the Nav system in a Base 370 I suppose.

I think theres more to them killing off the GP than just the HUD - probably poopy sales since it was, well, old. And not particularly exciting at all. Not that anything Pontiac made was really "exciting" anymore. Remember that old commercial? "RIDE, PONTIAC RIDE!" Everyone knows it when they were a kid, and it got you wanting a Pontiac. And then you grew up and realized that most of them suck, and what the hell happened to the "driving excitement" they advertised? It just wasnt there, minus in the Trans Am, and thats it really.

GM fell into a nasty spiral of making knock offs of their own cars (sharing similar platforms of course). Don't want a Cobalt? Get a G5! How about the Sierra? Nah, I want the Silverado instead. Same damn vehicles, different shell. Why did they do this? Its not needed at all! Worse yet, they have WAY too many vehicles in their line up! ****, lets look at Chevy by itself. Why do they need the Impala AND the Malibu, when the Malibu is obviously far superior? And why even have the Colorado now - whats the point, you can even get it with the same 5.3L in the Silverado, yet its still too small of a truck to do real truck work. The Avalanche can go - its pretty much pointless. And oh my god, how many SUVs/Crossovers can you have? Traverse, Tahoe, Suburban, HHR, Equinox, Trailblazer (on its way out). You could easily get rid of 3-4 cars that Chevy makes, get rid of its facilities, and focus the funds there on R&D for producing QUALITY vehicles. Not a sheer huge SELECTION of vehicles.

The new Camaro is cool, and I have high hopes for it selling well. The Corvette is great too, but of course you still hear mumblings and grumblings about its cheap interior even though its a 45K+ car. The new Malibu is a huge leap in the right direction for fit and finish. The new Saturns got the short end of the stick, IMHO - they aren't even the same anymore as they used to be, but their reputation for crappy cars is forever tarnished. Pontiac is a pointless brand that can just disappear. Buick sells too well in China to get rid of them.

Many of their other vehicles though, have a lot of room for improvement, though...

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MightyBobo A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 8,465 Drives: No cars; only bikes Rep Power: 52	Crash - being in a VERY GM family, I can understand some of the gripes. The most frustrating thing is the freaking option packages, sometimes. But then again, its just like trying to get the Nav system in a Base 370 I suppose. I think theres more to them killing off the GP than just the HUD - probably poopy sales since it was, well, old. And not particularly exciting at all. Not that anything Pontiac made was really "exciting" anymore. Remember that old commercial? "RIDE, PONTIAC RIDE!" Everyone knows it when they were a kid, and it got you wanting a Pontiac. And then you grew up and realized that most of them suck, and what the hell happened to the "driving excitement" they advertised? It just wasnt there, minus in the Trans Am, and thats it really. GM fell into a nasty spiral of making knock offs of their own cars (sharing similar platforms of course). Don't want a Cobalt? Get a G5! How about the Sierra? Nah, I want the Silverado instead. Same damn vehicles, different shell. Why did they do this? Its not needed at all! Worse yet, they have WAY too many vehicles in their line up! ****, lets look at Chevy by itself. Why do they need the Impala AND the Malibu, when the Malibu is obviously far superior? And why even have the Colorado now - whats the point, you can even get it with the same 5.3L in the Silverado, yet its still too small of a truck to do real truck work. The Avalanche can go - its pretty much pointless. And oh my god, how many SUVs/Crossovers can you have? Traverse, Tahoe, Suburban, HHR, Equinox, Trailblazer (on its way out). You could easily get rid of 3-4 cars that Chevy makes, get rid of its facilities, and focus the funds there on R&D for producing QUALITY vehicles. Not a sheer huge SELECTION of vehicles. The new Camaro is cool, and I have high hopes for it selling well. The Corvette is great too, but of course you still hear mumblings and grumblings about its cheap interior even though its a 45K+ car. The new Malibu is a huge leap in the right direction for fit and finish. The new Saturns got the short end of the stick, IMHO - they aren't even the same anymore as they used to be, but their reputation for crappy cars is forever tarnished. Pontiac is a pointless brand that can just disappear. Buick sells too well in China to get rid of them. Many of their other vehicles though, have a lot of room for improvement, though... __________________ I don't own a car anymore.