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What will become a more common story across the United States - in both rural and urban areas - can be seen at this link. Â General Motors really, really wants its dealerships to have a broader brand base for buyers to choose from as GM attempts to individualize each of their subsidiaries. Â GMC, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, Saab all compete in one way or another. Â Bringing brands under one roof with cars that are distinct would dispose of the competition and breed a strong team approach. Â
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- Gm Canada Leftover Sales In 2011
In case you hadn't noticed, the Pontiac sign at your local General Motors dealership is no longer hanging. Based on the vehicles Pontiac was producing over the last couple of decades, this isn't a sad fact. But based on the reputation held when...
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GM DEALERSHIP MERGER ANECDOTE
What will become a more common story across the United States - in both rural and urban areas - can be seen at this link.  General Motors really, really wants its dealerships to have a broader brand base for buyers to choose from as GM attempts to individualize each of their subsidiaries.  GMC, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, Saab all compete in one way or another.  Bringing brands under one roof with cars that are distinct would dispose of the competition and breed a strong team approach.  In other words, "Oh, need more truck than the Enclave? We have a Yukon Denali right over here."  In addition to that theory comes clear cost savings and greater long-term viability.Â
Thus, in Albertville, a place I've never heard of in Alabama, Howard Bentley Pontiac-GMC is now Howard Bentley Buick-Pontiac-GMC. Â No; that's Bentley as in the owner's last name, not the British hyper-luxury brand. Â
Wayne Bentley's dealership will typically have an extra 40 cars on the lot. Â Having started out with Oldsmobile and Pontiac in 1988, GMC came online and the Oldsmobile sign disappeared with... well, Oldsmobile. Â
- Pontiac Reportedly To Be Pronounced Dead On Monday
Citing an anonymous source within General Motors, Edmund's Insideline is reporting that the American automaker could announce the 'death sentence' for Pontiac as early as this Monday. If this is the case, then GM's original plans to keep...
- Breaking News: Wagoner To Lead Chinese Company In Oldsmobile Revival
News reports are coming in from around China that GM's former CEO Rick Wagoner has accepted an offer from domestic automaker CLN Auto Company Inc. to take the reins of the Oldsmobile brand, the rights of which CLN Auto purchased from General Motors...
- Gm Offers New Loans As Low As 0% To Revive Sales
Strengthened by a $6 billion federal bailout, General Motors financing arm GMAC LLC, has not only resumed lending to customers with low credit scores in the U.S., but has also announced new reduced rate financing for up to 60 months on select cars and...
- Gm Canada Leftover Sales In 2011
In case you hadn't noticed, the Pontiac sign at your local General Motors dealership is no longer hanging. Based on the vehicles Pontiac was producing over the last couple of decades, this isn't a sad fact. But based on the reputation held when...
- The Power Of Chevrolet: May Sales Stats In America Show Chevy Doubling Rest Of Gm Combined
Unfortunately for General Motors last month, not only did Toyota topple Chevrolet for the U.S. sales crown; Ford did too. In fact, Ford Motor Company's Ford brand, which you may have heard of, sold more cars and trucks than any other automaker; Toyota...