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Old 07-13-2008, 11:21 PM   #26 (permalink)
spidge
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Re: Driving Northwest: The Pontiac Vibe's secret

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Originally Posted by logansowner View Post
Can't get it to load.

Lemme guess it sucks, has a bad interior and gas mileage is horrible, until it it revealed it's a Toyota, and then they were just joking?

*Never mind, loads in FF. Nice to see the testers being honest, but it makes me mad to see how god damn stupid every day people are. Regardless of who makes it, when you see a vehicle, you either like it or you don't. I wouldn't buy a Pontiac, but I'll buy the Japanese version? WTF?

I think it's safe to say...the general public dun be unedumacated.
Unfortunately, these people make up the majority. These are the people that GM, and Ford and Chrysler for that matter, have an uphill battle appealing to. At this lower end of the market, people buy on practicality, fuel efficiency, and reliability, and for many auto consumers, these are exclusive to Japanese cars. American cars seem to be more popular for style and image, but mostly the more expensive models.

Perhaps GM should tout the German/Korean engineering of their smaller cars to sell them to these particular consumers.
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