"Sending Picassos out to paint houses"

[mockingbird812]

CNN story on future of muscle cars...

[JRSully]

Great, GM is sending all the HiPerf engineers and draftsman over to the econobox dept, more loud 4 bangers with polished cannon mufflers to come. Too depressing to think about...

[Seattle Sam]

On a serious note, can anyone explain to me why GM considers Pontiac expendable, yet claims GMC is a core brand? To my view all GMC has is re-badged Chevy trucks. Did I miss something?

[jeff morocco]

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On a serious note, can anyone explain to me why GM considers Pontiac expendable, yet claims GMC is a core brand? To my view all GMC has is re-badged Chevy trucks. Did I miss something?

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GMC = Generic Made Chevy........

[Salvatore]

Hey, I resemble that remark!

[rubbinisracing]

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On a serious note, can anyone explain to me why GM considers Pontiac expendable, yet claims GMC is a core brand? To my view all GMC has is re-badged Chevy trucks. Did I miss something?

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Exactly what I've been thinking. They must have a vision for the brand they haven't revealed. I bet next time they need a huge cash infusion they throw another division under the bus!

[Hylton]

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On a serious note, can anyone explain to me why GM considers Pontiac expendable, yet claims GMC is a core brand? To my view all GMC has is re-badged Chevy trucks. Did I miss something?

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Pure stupidity at work. I got into an argument with some guy who said if GM scrapped GMC, GMC owners would go somewhere else other than Chevrolet because Chevy was such a different truck. That was after I told him I drove a Yukon and would just go out and get a Tahoe.

[BARN FIND]

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On a serious note, can anyone explain to me why GM considers Pontiac expendable, yet claims GMC is a core brand? To my view all GMC has is re-badged Chevy trucks. Did I miss something?

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Pure stupidity at work. I got into an argument with some guy who said if GM scrapped GMC, GMC owners would go somewhere else other than Chevrolet because Chevy was such a different truck. That was after I told him I drove a Yukon and would just go out and get a Tahoe.

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In 1990 my wife got a new OLDS Bravada (all wheel drive 4 door S-10 Blazer), I took it to the Chevy dealer to have the oil changed because they were running a 29 minutes or less change or it is FREE. They would not stand behind the offer because "they did not stock the filter" and would have to get one from a local Auto Parts Store! What a bunch of fricken idiots, they didn't even bother looking it up! And yes it does use the same filter as every other 4.3 S-10 pickup! So this attitude does not surprise me.

[TDW]

I am thinking the bigger trucks, like the box trucks, are all GMC. I don't think Chevy makes any that big. That could explain why they want to keep that brand. I was told by one of the guys that works at the Flint Truck plant that Flint and Pontiac Truck are the only 2 GM assembly plants in the Country that are running production right now. They are going on 50 hour work weeks with no overtime pay.