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Caleb02 · 09-07-2008, 09:01 AM

GM needs to rename Chevy to GMC as just about every other auto company has a full car line named after themselves:

Ford Motor Company: Ford
Chrysler Holdings LLC: Chrysler
Toyota Motors: Toyota
Hyndai/Kia: Hyndai and Kia (they got 2)
VW: VW
Porsche: Porsche
Fiat: Fiat
Nissan: Nissan
Renault: Renault

So as you can see there are 99% of car companies have a full line named after them. So why doent GM just merge GMC and Chevy into GMC and call it GM and then the clouds will part, Wagner will run for President of USA and win. This is real simple i dont know why people have not thought about this before.

The other thing i would stop doing is to build cars where the only differences are the front and rear ends. If you placed the 2 last generations f-bodies side by side and looked at the side profile one could not tell them apart as they are 99% the same. Granted the Camaro 4th gen had a mirror bump out if you will. other then that its the same thing, even the inside was exactly the same expect for the logos. I say GM only really needs the new GM division and Buick and Caddy. Thats it sell, shut down the reset. I would also close the european and other divisions and replace them with the American divisions.

I would also outsource to China all the makings of GM products as labor is far less expansive their and they want to make cars for americans so its a good fit. Then GM can declair bankruptcy and dump the pensions onto the governement and let them deal with it. Same for ford and chrysler.

09-07-2008, 09:01 AM	#164 (permalink)
Caleb02 Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,148	Re: Rumblings & Rants: Saving money, Cutting brands, and what GM SHOULD do to survive GM needs to rename Chevy to GMC as just about every other auto company has a full car line named after themselves: Ford Motor Company: Ford Chrysler Holdings LLC: Chrysler Toyota Motors: Toyota Hyndai/Kia: Hyndai and Kia (they got 2) VW: VW Porsche: Porsche Fiat: Fiat Nissan: Nissan Renault: Renault So as you can see there are 99% of car companies have a full line named after them. So why doent GM just merge GMC and Chevy into GMC and call it GM and then the clouds will part, Wagner will run for President of USA and win. This is real simple i dont know why people have not thought about this before. The other thing i would stop doing is to build cars where the only differences are the front and rear ends. If you placed the 2 last generations f-bodies side by side and looked at the side profile one could not tell them apart as they are 99% the same. Granted the Camaro 4th gen had a mirror bump out if you will. other then that its the same thing, even the inside was exactly the same expect for the logos. I say GM only really needs the new GM division and Buick and Caddy. Thats it sell, shut down the reset. I would also close the european and other divisions and replace them with the American divisions. I would also outsource to China all the makings of GM products as labor is far less expansive their and they want to make cars for americans so its a good fit. Then GM can declair bankruptcy and dump the pensions onto the governement and let them deal with it. Same for ford and chrysler.