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The Public's Thoughts On The "New" GM
Lately it seems that things have been looking up for General Motors. Earnings are higher, products are getting better, and reliability is on a rise. GM has rolled out some really pleasing vehicles at the 2004 auto shows. Such as the Solstice. Which came from concept to production, with minimal changes in under two years! Don’t get me wrong, GM’s concepts have always been very exciting, but it use to be that we never saw any of the concepts hit production. Until a year ago it seemed that GM would never understand the wonderful vehicles that import companies were pumping out. GM was slowly loosing momentum in the automotive industry. Finally it is looking like GM has found the missing code in the industry.
Just a few months ago I would have a lot of second thoughts on the topic of GM finally figuring out how to compete highly with such brands as Toyota and Mercedes Benz. Its amazing that GM is breaking the biased society that we live in today. The auto market is so biased that imports are better, that they don’t give GM a chance.
One of the most competitive segments, the full-size truck segment gained a member this year, the Nissan Titan. Which early analysts said would hurt GM and Ford truck sells. Well, it turns out that Nissan is having a hard time with the new truck. If you ask me, it doesn’t even look “full-size”, it looks too little to compete with the Silverado and F-150.
I added a twist to this article! I figured that since GM is getting better at their new products and the fact that mainly all the active members of this site are car crazed people who keep up on the industry, I decided to go around my community and ask several people their thoughts on some new GM products that are not yet on the market. Take in mind that while doing this I bleeped out all of the logos so that people would not judge on the brand. Also note that the people I interviewed no NOTHING about the industry or the cars that I showed them.
Buick Velite
The Velite got nothing but positive reviews! All 13 people I interviewed loved the car! ON the exterior it seemed that the grille was a big hit, as was the shape of the body. About tree-fourths of the people I interviewed wished that car interiors looked like that. They all liked the two-tone colors on the interior, and like the simplicity of the dash. After they said their opinions on the car I told them that it was a Buick concept car. WOW, did that throw people off!!! I got everything from curses to “wow, Buick I would even consider a Buick if they make future cars like that”!
Cadillac STS
The reviews of the STS were mixed, which did not surprise me. Most people knew that it was a Caddy first off. A lot of the people that I interviewed thought that it was too “boxy”. I also got a couple lectures from the elders that I interviewed on how far Cadillac has come in the past few years.
Chevrolet Uplander
I couldn’t help but bring a CSV into this! After close inspection surprisingly most of the people liked it! They mainly liked the fact that it was more “SUV” like. Although there was two people that thought it was just plain ugly. The biggest complaint was the fog lamps being too high on the from fascia.
The Public's Thoughts On The "New" GM
Lately it seems that things have been looking up for General Motors. Earnings are higher, products are getting better, and reliability is on a rise. GM has rolled out some really pleasing vehicles at the 2004 auto shows. Such as the Solstice. Which came from concept to production, with minimal changes in under two years! Don’t get me wrong, GM’s concepts have always been very exciting, but it use to be that we never saw any of the concepts hit production. Until a year ago it seemed that GM would never understand the wonderful vehicles that import companies were pumping out. GM was slowly loosing momentum in the automotive industry. Finally it is looking like GM has found the missing code in the industry.
Just a few months ago I would have a lot of second thoughts on the topic of GM finally figuring out how to compete highly with such brands as Toyota and Mercedes Benz. Its amazing that GM is breaking the biased society that we live in today. The auto market is so biased that imports are better, that they don’t give GM a chance.
One of the most competitive segments, the full-size truck segment gained a member this year, the Nissan Titan. Which early analysts said would hurt GM and Ford truck sells. Well, it turns out that Nissan is having a hard time with the new truck. If you ask me, it doesn’t even look “full-size”, it looks too little to compete with the Silverado and F-150.
I added a twist to this article! I figured that since GM is getting better at their new products and the fact that mainly all the active members of this site are car crazed people who keep up on the industry, I decided to go around my community and ask several people their thoughts on some new GM products that are not yet on the market. Take in mind that while doing this I bleeped out all of the logos so that people would not judge on the brand. Also note that the people I interviewed no NOTHING about the industry or the cars that I showed them.
Buick Velite
The Velite got nothing but positive reviews! All 13 people I interviewed loved the car! ON the exterior it seemed that the grille was a big hit, as was the shape of the body. About tree-fourths of the people I interviewed wished that car interiors looked like that. They all liked the two-tone colors on the interior, and like the simplicity of the dash. After they said their opinions on the car I told them that it was a Buick concept car. WOW, did that throw people off!!! I got everything from curses to “wow, Buick I would even consider a Buick if they make future cars like that”!
Cadillac STS
The reviews of the STS were mixed, which did not surprise me. Most people knew that it was a Caddy first off. A lot of the people that I interviewed thought that it was too “boxy”. I also got a couple lectures from the elders that I interviewed on how far Cadillac has come in the past few years.
Chevrolet Uplander
I couldn’t help but bring a CSV into this! After close inspection surprisingly most of the people liked it! They mainly liked the fact that it was more “SUV” like. Although there was two people that thought it was just plain ugly. The biggest complaint was the fog lamps being too high on the from fascia.