14th Jul 2022, 13:48
Well, you won't be buying another Pontiac anymore, because they're gone and so is Holden in fact. But you can let bygones be bygones and give GM another chance. How about buying a Cadillac CT5?
15th Jul 2022, 16:24
No one buys them now. Where are GM's sedans and hatchbacks? Oh yeah, they're all discontinued because the import brands know their business.
16th Jul 2022, 19:05
All sedans and hatchbacks are waning in popularity in the US. Where have Ford’s traditional cars gone? Why is Volkswagen pulling its Golf from this market? Why don’t manufacturers here offer sedans between the compact and midsize categories anymore, if they sell any sedans at all?
This has nothing to do with competition between ‘domestic’ and ‘import’ brands (if those terms even mean anything anymore). It has everything to do with the ascendancy of the crossover utility vehicle, where a manufacturer can take an extant car, jack it up an inch, add plastic cladding to the fenders, somehow find a tow rating where none existed before, and charge a ridiculous markup for the effort. Profit margins fatten, while customers are exuberant to buy something that they believe makes them look hip and adventurous. All agree that the emperor is clothed.
17th Jul 2022, 14:49
They done the same here in the UK. Crossover vehicles are immensely popular when it used to be saloons/sedans that were king. Research shows women make a lot of decisions in car purchasing. Not to start a spicy debate, just an observation/fact. They sell these cars to families on the promise of a "Big safe car that will protect your kids in an accident" as these crossovers look huge and intimidating. But as we all know the only safe thing about any car is the driver.
As for GM, they are sold as Vauxhall here, and I've had a few, good cars to be honest, an executive saloon/sedan I had back in the day was a 1993 Vauxhall Carlton, excellent car. In more recent years I had a 2007 Vauxhall Vectra, slightly smaller sedan/hatchback vehicle, was OK but not as reliable as the older cars from GM. And I am not interested at all in anything they make now.
18th May 2016, 13:14
A heavy braker is not "someone who rides the brakes for a half mile before stopping".
A heavy braker is someone who waits until they are about 20 feet away before applying the brakes, usually seen in your rear view mirror LOL.