GM scraps high performance division?
02-18-2009, 05:13 PM
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GM scraps high performance division?
02-19-2009, 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by GPMike,Feb 19 2009, 01:03 AM
Believe it. All American car haters will get their wish soon enough.....death of the Big 3
In my opinion, GM placed lots of emphasis on a little flash when the money could have been better spent elsewhere. We have also had half a dozen threads about how CTS-V's were going for big discounts and pondered whther or not Caddy should cut it loose.
Its nice fodder for discussion, but for all the talk that goes on here, many return and talk about there nice Vette, or Cayman, or 3 Series, but for all the people that proclaimed "HOME FREAKING RUN!!!!" for the CTSV and the G8 or G8 GXP, nobody has bought one and come back to talk about it. Or the Challenger SRT8 for that matter. And that is the reason they will get the axe. I still have only seen 2 G8's on the road.
GM is not looking to weaken itself by cutting low volume performance cars, its doing the opposite. When they return to prosperity, they can add the discretionary stuff back in.
02-19-2009, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by vader1,Feb 19 2009, 09:22 AM
GM is not looking to weaken itself by cutting low volume performance cars, its doing the opposite. When they return to prosperity, they can add the discretionary stuff back in.
Sad as it may be, since I am in that ~1% of people that want the performance cars.
02-19-2009, 07:12 AM
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I know I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the CTS-V is still around when my lease is up in November.
02-19-2009, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by sw05s2k,Feb 19 2009, 08:12 AM
I know I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the CTS-V is still around when my lease is up in November.
It's just that there won't be anymore(for a while) new projects developing.
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02-19-2009, 07:55 AM
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Well that for me is a zero on the surprise meter.
In order to survive GM has to cut out the programs that have the lowest return on their investment. It's not like the Vette is going to die, it's just future developments of the class leading hottest models that will be gone.
In order to survive GM has to cut out the programs that have the lowest return on their investment. It's not like the Vette is going to die, it's just future developments of the class leading hottest models that will be gone.
02-19-2009, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by GPMike,Feb 19 2009, 02:03 AM
Believe it. All American car haters will get their wish soon enough.....death of the Big 3
02-19-2009, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Triple-H,Feb 19 2009, 09:57 AM
For the record- I don't believe it is at all fair to lump Fords into the same stinking crap pile as Chrysler and GM. Right now there are only two companies with their handout for our money, and Ford is not one of them.
But Ford still suffers from the lack of exciting or competitive cars in their current lineup like GM and Crysler save for the F-150