This is purely opinion so if you're looking for good statistical reasons to hate General Motors, this is not the place to look. Are you upset? Eggs. The GM that I liked was the GM of the 90s. Yes, I'm insane, but GM was far better in the 90s than it is now. Mostly because of Pontiac. Yes, they were covered in plastic and mostly all front wheel drive but at least they had some passion. Everything that GM pumps out these days are sterile appliances designed to make peak numbers in a certain area. For lack of better words, GM has become Toyota.
A few years ago, GM decided that rebadging one car 5 times was probably a bit of overkill so they decided to remove some of their brands and only rebadge one car 3 times or so. They rightly killed Oldsmobile and Saturn as Saturn had a reputation for vehicles you could put your fist through and Oldsmobile hadn't produced a vehicle of note since well the 60s. But they couldn't kill Chevrolet as a billion Dale Earnhart loving rednecks would kill them so fast that nobody would remember their name and they couldn't kill Cadillac because they needed something to rebadge Chevrolets as to sell them for twice as much. So to me, the choice was obvious, end Buick. You already have a brand to sell to old people in Cadillac, no reason to have two.
Sadly, GM is run by monkeys. No, that would be an insult to monkeys. It was bad enough that they had turned Pontiac into some fucked up Audi where everything was a "G" something except for the rebadged Toyota, they decided to finish it off and pander to the Chinese by keeping Buick. And if that wasn't bad enough, instead of rebadging awesome V8 powered Australian rockets, they started rebadging underpowered German boats as Buick. FUCK! GM sucks so hard. Malibu = Camry, Cruze = Corolla. Cadillac = Lexus. GM is Toyota.
So basically I'm really pissed that they killed off Pontiac. They think that just because they made a Camaro again and really expensive Corvettes means that they still have their passion but nope. They are Toyota now, passionless, soulless, performanceless. I just made up a word, jelly? But I hear you already in your rage trying to say something, blah blah blah CTS-V, blah blah ZL1. Nope. Cadillac competes with Hyundai, mad? Equus is better than XTS. Genesis is better than CTS. You are raging pretty hard right now, I can tell. You know Lincoln? Better than Cadillac. Oops, your eggs.
So as GM strives for more MPGs and Hybrids everything, remember, that's what Toyota does. Toyota competes in NASCAR too.
Oops, your rage!
9 comments:
GM still has it the G8 is coming back in some form. Buick should have been killed, Saturn should have stayed.
Toyota has a V6 in their midsize offering, which is better than both GM and Ford.
Saturn should have stayed? Chevy can take the place of Saturn. I think if Buick was to die, it should have been in 2001 instead of Oldsmobile. At the time of its death, Oldsmobile has a world class lineup, which is sad that they died at their peak. The 2001 Bravada could probably pass as a new vehicle in 2012, it looked that good! -Dequindre
Saturn and Pontiac should have stayed...GM kept Buick because it kills in China. GMC Truck...well, that's obvious. Easy money.
Yeah, in the battle of the bland between GM and Toyoda, nobody wins...
Correction on my post, that should be 2002 Bravada. -Dequindre
You're just mad Dodge has RWD still. HEHE
Don't worry, you're getting a "Why Fiat will kill Dodge" post soon!
'You know Lincoln? Better than Cadillac. '
But REER WEEL DRAIV!!!
Chrysler sucks the life out of its host...why it has been around this long is anyone's guess...
GM sucks. That's all there is to it. They can't make a decently priced sports car, the Camaro is god awful in every way and they have no design taste whatsoever.
People with taste buy Mustangs.
Sok-Eye
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