Lincsong
I'll Lock Up
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I was just thinking to myself, since Ford and GM minivans sit on the dealership lots and are mostly sold to rental companies they should restyle them to look retro ala a big HHR. Instead of the sliding doors put in suicide doors. They'd still have the mpg as the current crop but would probably sell. But then I'm not an Ivy League self absorbed bonehead who Ford and GM hire.
About ten years ago I worked for a Chevrolet/Cadillac dealership in Frisco Bay. (Another bonehead move by GM putting those two together. Chevrolet buyers are not going to be "flipped" into a Cad and Cad buyers aren't getting flipped into a Chevy. It should be Buick/Cadillac so each brand compliments each other and buyers can be flipped to the different models) Well back to my original thought. I was reading one of the Cad salesman's Cad book and in it there were stupid things in the realm of; "Deville buyers aren't so much interested in style as comfort, so emphasize comfort rather than the style" Good lord, no wonder Lexus ate their lunch and left them with the bill.:rage: It really was the Escalade (the semi-offical vehicle of the NBAlol ) that saved Cadillac. Back in '98-'99 Cad was on it's last legs. Then the dressed up Tahoe came and resusitated Cad. If you go into a Lexus dealership you're treated good, go into a Cad dealership and well, it's a hit and miss kind of thing. Lexus is a LUXURY car make Cadillac has become a dressed up car make.
FIRE ALL THE ACCOUNTANTS! AND GET TOUGH WITH THE UAW! That's the only way to save GM and Ford.
About ten years ago I worked for a Chevrolet/Cadillac dealership in Frisco Bay. (Another bonehead move by GM putting those two together. Chevrolet buyers are not going to be "flipped" into a Cad and Cad buyers aren't getting flipped into a Chevy. It should be Buick/Cadillac so each brand compliments each other and buyers can be flipped to the different models) Well back to my original thought. I was reading one of the Cad salesman's Cad book and in it there were stupid things in the realm of; "Deville buyers aren't so much interested in style as comfort, so emphasize comfort rather than the style" Good lord, no wonder Lexus ate their lunch and left them with the bill.:rage: It really was the Escalade (the semi-offical vehicle of the NBAlol ) that saved Cadillac. Back in '98-'99 Cad was on it's last legs. Then the dressed up Tahoe came and resusitated Cad. If you go into a Lexus dealership you're treated good, go into a Cad dealership and well, it's a hit and miss kind of thing. Lexus is a LUXURY car make Cadillac has become a dressed up car make.
FIRE ALL THE ACCOUNTANTS! AND GET TOUGH WITH THE UAW! That's the only way to save GM and Ford.