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Originally posted by MCGARRETT@Feb 27 2004, 04:35 PM
What about the LaCROSSE? Thats not a rebadged vehicle and really neither is the Rainer, there were enough changes made in the car, that it can be considered unique to Buick, true that it is a version of the GMT 300 utility, but you can say the same about a Aviator and Explorer, RX300 and Highlander, Armada and Infiniti QX-56, etc. etc...
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"What about the LaCROSSE?" If you're insinuating that the LaCrosse is something to trumpet about, so be it. I will disagree wholeheartedly with you on that point.
"...and really neither is the Rainer." You must suffer from severe myopia. Stat ophthalmology consult!
"there were enough changes made in the car, that it can be considered unique to Buick" Sure, in a Hitler-is-different-than-Hussein sort of way, I suppose.
"but you can say the same about a Aviator and Explorer, RX300 and Highlander, Armada and Infiniti QX-56, etc. etc..." No, you really can't. While the Aviator and Explorer are badge-engineering done wrong, the RX330 and Highlander are done right, as evidenced by both of their successes. The Rainier and other GM mid-utlities are mildly different themes on the same platform (please, no lectures on suspensions and interior nuances). If you think that the successful RX330 and Highlander are done in the same way, then your vision is worse than I first suspected.
And let's be clear on one point. Just because another company endorses a questionable practice does not justify GM's doing the same thing. I care when GM goes awry because I'm invested in a variety of ways in GM's success. That's why I sing their praises and am critical of their flaws.