Letters to the Editor - April 29, 2007

By Marty Padgett April 29th, 2007

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Global warming, Chrysler’s chronicles, and the cosmic implications of our editor’s writing - it’s all on the table this week as TheCarConnection.com sifts through its mailbox and answers your questions on the big car news of the day.

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3 Responses to “Letters to the Editor - April 29, 2007”

Re - GM’s dilema with Pontiac/Buick, etc.

Here’s 40 years as a supplier to the auto industry plus a 5 Chevrolet owner speaking:

GM’s current line-up is a mish-mash with overlapping features & models — No brand identity — Here’s a solution that offers brand identity and growth:

Pontiac - 2dr vehicles
Buick - 4dr vehicles
GMC - 2500 & up
Saturn - incorporate Saab and become US’s answer to Hyundai
Hummer - capitalize on its ‘rugged’ image and expand it to include an industrial truck line (forklifts, etc.)

And finally…………..Bob Lutz for at least GM President if not Chariman

Mon Ami! Ola! I agree Hummer to manufacture Fork lift Truck in EUA to lift out l’president Bush!.

With all due respect to Mr. Schaffner:

Pontiac: About 80% of current sales are 4 door vehicles.
GMC: About 80% of current sales are 1500 series (aka 1/2 ton) models.
You have just destroyed any chance for survival of the Pontiac/Buick/GMC retail channel.

If you are suggesting adding the Saab vehicle line-up to the Saturn dealer network in North America… That might work.

Hummer forklifts? Are you serious?? Is the local Hummer dealer prepared to purchase a small fleet of service trucks that will call on warehouses and factories 24/7 to keep their freight moving??? Hummers are for poseurs… forklifts are for real work.