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Old 06-27-2008, 09:49 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Re: What if Olds never died?

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Originally Posted by baby-vortec2900 View Post
Interesting concept...

I am kind of glad that they did not keep Olds around as they would be a brand of nothing but rebadges more then likely. Hardly any personality at all. IMO its time the car makers realize that it is time to axe rebadges as the main composition of a brand and make more models unique to the brand. This makes for brand identity and does away with there being 5 different cars that are all built on the same platform. And the difference between a Chevy and a Olds should not be a different cheap platic logo on the front and a different name on the back of the car.
We've had five Olds and pretty well satisfied with them all, especially the dealer service, but I'd have to agree totally with the above. And to be honest, I didn't see anything in the last couple years of the company's products that had any appeal to me. Considering their position in the late 70s and through the 80s, a real shame.
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