TomServo92 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Link :reading: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) So, since turning Saturn into Opel failed miserably, the idea now is to turn Buick into Opel? You must be kidding me. You have got to be kidding me. You absolutely positively have GOT to be kidding me. GM's -----======NEW======------- idea is to try something that already failed, but with a different brand name? Sure as shooting, we'll see some GM flak going on about how Buick is GM's new "import fighter" blah-blah-blah and sure as shooting it will fall flat on its face because Buick is NOT an import brand. Geeeeminentlies. Does ANYONE at GM live in the real world? Here's GM: "We understand that we have a drinking problem. To address this problem we have stopped drinking whiskey. From now on, we will be drinking beer instead." Edited January 29, 2009 by RichardJensen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 GM can't get their head around the game, it's like watching suicide in slow motion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarBear Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 Anyone else old enough to remember Buick's Opel line in the 60's and 70's? It has been done before... didn't work any better that time either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 GM can't get their head around the game, it's like watching suicide in slow motion. Appropriately, GM made that manufacturing robot committing suicide Super Bowl commercial a few years ago.....maybe they were hinting at something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonj80 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Appropriately, GM made that manufacturing robot committing suicide Super Bowl commercial a few years ago.....maybe they were hinting at something? Saturn was going to be Opel in the U.S. and Opel is(was) going to be sold in China as well along with Buick. Opel's will be sold in Europe, they will be Buicks in China and the U.S. -- It will be GM's Midline cars they will be Holden's in Aust. and Vauxhall in the UK but they will basically be the same cars. GM has basically consolidated the Opel/Buick/Saturn/Holden/Vauxhall worldwide into one division and will make the vehicles common. Badge engineering to the county so to speak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_spaniard Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) Geeeeminentlies. Does ANYONE at GM live in the real world? Here's GM: "We understand that we have a drinking problem. To address this problem we have stopped drinking whiskey. From now on, we will be drinking beer instead." No. If this is truly the path they are taking...look for GM bailout version 2.0 in the future. At that point the fedz will mandate (without proper lubing) that they make the Corvette into a golf car, and Gm will comply. The problem with quitting whiskey is you have to then drink an enormous amount of beer for the same "quality experience". Edited February 1, 2009 by the_spaniard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
156n3rd Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Anyone else old enough to remember Buick's Opel line in the 60's and 70's? It has been done before... didn't work any better that time either. Back in 1969, when my brother's bud bought a new Kadett fastback, I learned to drive a 4-speed. It was a nicely handling car and was great on gas and even moved out okay. I was driving my 1st car then, a 1963 Chrysler Newport el Leddo Sleddo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armadamaster Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 So, since turning Saturn into Opel failed miserably, the idea now is to turn Buick into Opel? You must be kidding me. You have got to be kidding me. You absolutely positively have GOT to be kidding me. GM's -----======NEW======------- idea is to try something that already failed, but with a different brand name? They've been doing that since 2005 with the "Oldsmobiling" of Buick. Same old FWD platforms, new names no one has heard of....Oldsmobile circa 1998 anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHV 16V Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) GM just doesn't get it...... Edited February 2, 2009 by OHV 16V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 GM just doesn't get it...... Maybe they're going for the 2nd/3rd time's the charm approach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHV 16V Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Maybe they're going for the 2nd/3rd time's the charm approach? :D Nice! I mean hey..... that strategy's worked-out pretty well for them so far right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 :D Nice! I mean hey..... that strategy's worked-out pretty well for them so far right? It quite obviously has.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Oldsmobile was a stronger import fighter than Buick, and that's not saying much. Buick just five years ago boasted that they are "American tradition" -- wallowing steering, plush interiors, old school, etc. Turning Buick into an import fighter is a terrible idea. However, introducing Buick to Europe with its own China-market product may not be a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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