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Originally Posted by BlueMontreal
Even if GM don't sell a lot of these micro-cars, it would have side benefits : get people at the dealers (even if it just for curiosity), improve the «green» image of GM and show customers that GM is not just a good truck-maker, it's a builder a wide variety of vehicle.
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I wondered if that was the intent of the GM Minicars in the first place, since Bob stated that there were no plans for the cars to come here, yet they asked us to vote on them.
In other words, the minicar concepts could be seen, by the skeptical observer, as a cynical ploy to win over the hearts and minds of Americans with some of the image you mention without actually offering a single real production car like them.
Then, when people ask, "
Hey what happened to those cars we gave an overwhelming response to?" - Bob comes back on the FastLane Blog and tells us that they were just to show us what GM is doing overseas, again sidestepping the fact that we were asked to vote on our favorite of the 3. And like the Park Avenue, if the stars align correctly and they can spare a few minutes from developing their next SUV-Crossover thingie or Hydrogen-Electric concept, maybe they'll consider building them here------and kill that idea when it doesn't make financial sense.
"So....why is it you can't just import them from GMDAT (and the PA from China), Mr. Lutz? We know they're going to build something like the Beat over there anyway. Why not get it up to U.S. standards like the Aveo and just import them and be done with it?"
(Chirping of crickets)