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wildgoosechase · 10-13-2008, 12:47 AM

I see it as a good thing. GM has excess capacity, better that Chrysler cars be built in GM factories on GM platforms than Nissan or Fiat. The truck market is shrinking, there is not room for 3 platforms of full size American truck, nor the resourses to develop them in a post CAFE environment. When the Silverado is due a refresh I would not be surprised to see a merged platform. GM is king of badge engineering, it is what it is good at. Why not buy another channel to distribute GM products?

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wildgoosechase 3.0 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 554	Re: Merger, Who Is It Good For? A Big Al Rant I see it as a good thing. GM has excess capacity, better that Chrysler cars be built in GM factories on GM platforms than Nissan or Fiat. The truck market is shrinking, there is not room for 3 platforms of full size American truck, nor the resourses to develop them in a post CAFE environment. When the Silverado is due a refresh I would not be surprised to see a merged platform. GM is king of badge engineering, it is what it is good at. Why not buy another channel to distribute GM products? __________________ OPEC's greatest fear is America's amber waves of grain