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Originally Posted by VCDJ
we need more suv's cuv's truck's please give us more gm. THen blame american consumers for not wanting to buy your vehicle. HOw about if you give us new cobalt aveo. how about if you give us prius? no but all we get is more suvs
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Smaller crossovers ARE a step in the right direction. Believe me, I'm probably GM's prime target customer with the BRX, and if it's as close to the Provoq as we're led to believe, this thing will SLAUGHTER the Lexus RX. Well hopefully. A lot of midsize and large SUV drivers are more likely to step down into a compact crossover than into a subcompact sedan, especially those whose incomes aren't quite as sensitive to high fuel prices.
New Cobalt's a little over a year away, and the Aveo's under development. It's better for GM to spend a little more time getting the product right than rushing some half-baked tin can to market, only to be laughed at by the competition.
But GM need to seriously trim some pork of its Thetas. A 4000-pound Saturn Vue is absolutely insane. No wonder its little more economical than a Tahoe. If the BRX returns the same pathetic MPG figures as the Vue, it'll be doomed to failure. Not every customer wants hybrids, alt-fuels and such. Most just want an ordinary gas-fed engine that doesn't drink like a Russian sailor.