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GoodCarBadCar is soon going to showcase bright examples of platform and architecture sharing. Ifyou think showcase is the wrong word; keep in mind that GoodCarBadCar will break open the worst examples of badge engineering and horrific occurrences in which components were equally allotted.
For a taster, consider these facts. Assign to them a + or - rating if you like, but take them from GoodCarBadCar as simple facts.
Fact #1 - The base USD MSRP's for General Motors midsize SUV's range from $26,800-$27,550-$27,750-$39,935. Top-of-the-line examples of these SUV's are priced from $28,800-$33,990-$36,730-$45,500. (GMC Envoy, Chevrolet TrailBlazer, Saab 9-7X, Isuzu Ascender)
Fact #2 - Of the four vehicles filling this gap, the least expensive and most expensive are both badged as imports.
Fact #3 - The most powerful engine available in this foursome can be found in the second cheapest and most expensive SUV's. - the high-value brand of Chevrolet and the Swedish luxury brand named Saab.
Fact #4 - The second-most expensive vehicle in the quartet has a max MSRP $420.00 more than its recently born brother, the crossover Acadia.
Fact # 5 - Vehicles on this platform have also been badged as Buick's and Oldsmobile's.
Fact # 6 - General Motors has four other platforms playing host to vehicles that could easily be considered midsize sport-utes. Cadillac SRX lays claim to one; the Lambda family of Acadia/Enclave/Outlook another; Equinox and Torrent are on the small side of the middle ground, and Hummer's H3 fits, too.
Check this link from gm.com where I chose a certain category of vehicle and a vague price range. It'll show you at least one vehicle I thought General Motors was trying to make us forget.
- Small Suv Sales, Midsize Suv Sales, Large Suv Sales In America - July 2011
High fuel prices? Consider the market acclimatized, sort of. Horrendous economic circumstances? Well, that simply presents us with a very different U.S. automotive market than the one we came to know a decade ago. General Motors is still selling really...
- General Motors' Lambda Cuv Options
This, my friends, is an unofficial declaration of General Motors' new slogan, in addition to admitting its Barack Obama-derivation: "Crossover Options You Can Believe In". GM certainly believes in Lambda. Lambda isn't just the 11th letter in the...
- Saab 9-7x Aero Driven
Product detail lists, the specifications of different equipment lines and their respective features, are not the best part of GoodCarBadCar. In fact, they're completely absent. The Good Car Guy believes in supplying you with opinion, based on knowledge...
- Optioning Your Properly Badged Car
After considering the wealth of options, pricing, and power available from one platform - one midsize SUV, in fact - that General Motors can give you, GoodCarBadCar returns to GM for more badge/platform engineering talk. Lincoln has been discussed. With...
- Enclave Proves Popular For Buick
Of the three Lambda-platform vehicles which are sold by General Motors presently, the most expensive has generated the most hype. You're not surprised. You knew that one vehicle was a Saturn and the other was a GMC, right? Did I mention that the most...
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GoodCarBadCar is soon going to showcase bright examples of platform and architecture sharing. Ifyou think showcase is the wrong word; keep in mind that GoodCarBadCar will break open the worst examples of badge engineering and horrific occurrences in which components were equally allotted. For a taster, consider these facts. Assign to them a + or - rating if you like, but take them from GoodCarBadCar as simple facts.
Fact #1 - The base USD MSRP's for General Motors midsize SUV's range from $26,800-$27,550-$27,750-$39,935. Top-of-the-line examples of these SUV's are priced from $28,800-$33,990-$36,730-$45,500. (GMC Envoy, Chevrolet TrailBlazer, Saab 9-7X, Isuzu Ascender)
Fact #2 - Of the four vehicles filling this gap, the least expensive and most expensive are both badged as imports.
Fact #3 - The most powerful engine available in this foursome can be found in the second cheapest and most expensive SUV's. - the high-value brand of Chevrolet and the Swedish luxury brand named Saab.
Fact #4 - The second-most expensive vehicle in the quartet has a max MSRP $420.00 more than its recently born brother, the crossover Acadia.
Fact # 5 - Vehicles on this platform have also been badged as Buick's and Oldsmobile's.
Fact # 6 - General Motors has four other platforms playing host to vehicles that could easily be considered midsize sport-utes. Cadillac SRX lays claim to one; the Lambda family of Acadia/Enclave/Outlook another; Equinox and Torrent are on the small side of the middle ground, and Hummer's H3 fits, too.
Check this link from gm.com where I chose a certain category of vehicle and a vague price range. It'll show you at least one vehicle I thought General Motors was trying to make us forget.
- Small Suv Sales, Midsize Suv Sales, Large Suv Sales In America - July 2011
High fuel prices? Consider the market acclimatized, sort of. Horrendous economic circumstances? Well, that simply presents us with a very different U.S. automotive market than the one we came to know a decade ago. General Motors is still selling really...
- General Motors' Lambda Cuv Options
This, my friends, is an unofficial declaration of General Motors' new slogan, in addition to admitting its Barack Obama-derivation: "Crossover Options You Can Believe In". GM certainly believes in Lambda. Lambda isn't just the 11th letter in the...
- Saab 9-7x Aero Driven
Product detail lists, the specifications of different equipment lines and their respective features, are not the best part of GoodCarBadCar. In fact, they're completely absent. The Good Car Guy believes in supplying you with opinion, based on knowledge...
- Optioning Your Properly Badged Car
After considering the wealth of options, pricing, and power available from one platform - one midsize SUV, in fact - that General Motors can give you, GoodCarBadCar returns to GM for more badge/platform engineering talk. Lincoln has been discussed. With...
- Enclave Proves Popular For Buick
Of the three Lambda-platform vehicles which are sold by General Motors presently, the most expensive has generated the most hype. You're not surprised. You knew that one vehicle was a Saturn and the other was a GMC, right? Did I mention that the most...