I received a form letter from a muckety-muck at GM yesterday. It thanked me for being a GM product owner (I still have the Chevy Suburban we bought new in '03) and politely asked that we continue to support their compnay by buying a new GM car.
To be honest, I've always been a Ford guy and most of the cars I own today are of foreign provenance. Having said that, the Suburban has served us flawlessly for the purpose which we purchased it. We have been considering retiring it to occassional use and replacing it in the daily fleet with something more efficient, so the GM letter was timely.
The purpose of the communication was to allay us of any fears related to the company's recent bankruptcy filing. I would suggest that bankruptcy is just one concern of GM's hope for future success. After reviewing the offerings they have, not including the soon to be discontinued Pontiac and Saturn lines, there's not much that appeals. Sure, their quality is better than it has been in decades and there are standout products such as the Corvette and newly re-introduced Camaro but the rest of their offerings are automotive pablum. Even the class dominating Suburban has been dumbed down with no 3/4 ton or diesel options. That, to me, is the biggest obstacle to GM's future viability as a major auto manufacturer.
Of course, I'm not an industry expert and these are just my opinions and observations. What do you think of GM's future? Would you buy a new GM car?
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I actually just bought a 2009 Malibu. I searched for coupons, deals, etc… and when I got done it cost me $12,684.07 , I received the same letter from GM which included another $1,000 off but I had already purchased, so I guess I left $1,000 on the table. Not too bad, much better deal than the Civic and Altima I was looking at. Actually I may still have bought the Honda but I never could get them nailed down on a price.
I would and just recently have bought a GM car. 2008 Equinox. I believe
as an American we should back our American car dealers. But the yuppies
thought it was so cool to drive those toyotas because they were so much
better. Well, every GM car I have owned I drove for over 8 years without
a hitch. I know people who have kept their GM cars longer than that. Support
your Country people.
Mary S
no,no,no,lets see my tax dollars going to gm,so they can discarde all there years of bad jugments,lay off workers,shut plants,close dealerships,just because of all there poor,poor ideas,lets not mentionhow much work will be going to the middleeast and china,crap on gm.