http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/ Autoblog Comments for GM's retail consolidation will form "luxury superstores" http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:08PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:10PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/
I don't know if I quite agree with the pairing, though. I think it'd make more sense to do:
* Chevy/GMC/Pontiac/Buick
* Saab/Saturn
...and have Hummer, Cadillac and the Corvette as optional premium franchises available to either group. ]]>Mar 24th 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:57PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/
The idea behind lumping Chevy in with P/B/GMC would be to reduce the amount of crossover between brands forcibly. There's no reason for cars like the Cobalt coupe, G6 sedan, Traverse or Lacrosse to exist except to give dealers something to sell. Restructure the franchises to allow any dealer to sell any product thand that requirement largely goes away, leaving Chevy the mainstream, Pontiac sports, Buick near-lux and GMC trucks.

Saab and Saturn (in it's current "Opel West" form) are sufficiently different that they warrant their own dealership. Combining the two prevents Saturn from stepping on Saab's lower-end models. ]]>Mar 24th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:16PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 5:45PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/
Some dealership shuffling in Montgomery, AL years ago has lead to a new Cadillac/Hummer/Buick dealership, all in a beautiful new showroom. It was probably a buyout situation, but it's precisely the situation that GM is looking for. ]]>Mar 25th 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/
BTW, Cadillac and Saab have pretty much merged, Hummer... not so much. At least here in Memphis the Hummer dealer, who also sells GMC and Pontiac/Buicks, will be pissed if he has to give up his Hummer franchise.]]>Mar 24th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 24th 2008 6:37PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/
P.S as in all Hummer threads, I need to remind you I get 12.5 MPG on par with most large pickup trucks and better then some, I had a Hemi Ram that pulled 11.7 and I heard the Nissan and Toyota monsters are in the 10-12 range.]]>Mar 24th 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/24/gms-retail-consolidation-will-form-luxury-superstores/Mar 25th 2008 9:52PM