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Pontiac By The Door, Says Byron Hurd

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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The folks at General Motors are apparently giving Pontiac short attention during press events this week. Bad omen for a great American brand, says Byron Hurd on the site SpeedSportLife.com. Writes Hurd: In fact, due to Pontiac’s location near the loading area, their floor space was practically eliminated during GM’s press conference so they could [...]

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Tags: Cars

Buick and Tiger Divorce Exposes Legacy Cost Issue

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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You read it here first. Not that we had that much to do with it. On our November 1, 2008 story What’s Wrong With Buick, we suggested that it was time that General Motors get rid of Tiger Woods as spokesman. General Motors and Woods came to a decision to end the partnership just a [...]

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Tags: Brand History · Brandicide · Cars · Commentary

GM’s Unpopular Models

September 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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Some GM cars aren’t selling. Why that’s a news flash! The Wall Street Journal reported today that General Motors has a large number of slow selling cars, including the Pontiac G5, Pontiac G8, Saab 9-7, Saab 9-5 and Saturn Astra. Apparently, they are pretty good cars, and get decent mileage. But GM can’t sell them. [...]

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Tags: Cars