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Originally Posted by 2b2
I agree, Caling7 
also with further comments by you & JimmyJive. I remember when Pontiacs had some of the most stylish AND IMMITATED designs - they created trends for the whole industry... |
Thanks 2b2... One of the pluses I see with this idea is that there are virtually no other companies out there that can commit to such a strategy because they only have one or two brands at most, and they're all constrained by the need to build practical vehicles that will appeal to the greatest amount of people. Finally GM can leverage their multiple brands as an advantage rather than as a negative.
Like I said, Chevy and Opel/Saturn can build vehicles that are practical and sensible enough to compete with anything else offered by Toyota, Honda, VW, Nissan, Hyundai, etc. With no need to appeal to those customers' practical needs, Pontiac can truly be freed, completely uninhibited to build nothing less than rolling pieces of art; so aggressive, so sporty, so "compromised" for form above function, that not a single car company that doesn't have multiple brands in its' stable could afford to build true competitors to the Pontiac lineup.