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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/16/gm-aligns-brands-into-four-marketing-channels-hires-away-nissan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/16/gm-aligns-brands-into-four-marketing-channels-hires-away-nissan/</guid><description><![CDATA[Anything GM does to consolidate dealers so fewer of them sell more car lines will make it easier to drop redundant vehicles.<br><br>GM still has too many brands and too many models per brand. This is unnecessarily costly both in manufacturing and marketing. <br><br>Does the world really need a Saturn Aura, Chevy Malibu, and Pontiac G6? Do truck buyers really need both Chevy and GMC variations of the same vehicles?<br><br>GM needs to be ruthless in simplifying its car lines IMO. And Saab doesn't need to be killed because it's been dead for years, so GM should finally bury the corpse.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iQuack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 16th 2008 8:43PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>