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/
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 6:12PM