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Originally Posted by gonenuts15792
Buick, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile DO NOT make the same cars. They may be built on the same frame but they are not the same cars. They are also not built in the same factories, and it doesn't matter if they are under the same company, each factory has its own quality control techniques. Thats why Cadillac and Buick have very few problems.
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Yes they are, let's take a case study.
The Grand Prix- same car as the Impala, the Le Sabre and the Intrigue. They all use the same engines, same frame, same transmissions, they are built (hopefully) to the same standard. The only things that are different are
1. The badges.
2. The Interiors.
3. The Exterior styling.
4. The Grand Prix is a few millimeters shorter.
That's the reason Ford are turning over losses and GM have weakened. They offer nothing as an incentive to turn people away from Lexus' or Nissans or Toyota's or Honda's or BMW's, or even Dodge's/Chrysler's nothing.
Most of the cars made by GM and Ford these past few decades have been ugly front wheel drive boats that offer nothing in the dynamics department and are slower than cars from such brands as I mentioned in the last paragraph. The only thing that kept the American car industry going was the select few who said that they'd always buy American. While other buyers just went to the Japanese and German nameplates and they will continue to go to these brands, as they don't have dodgy pasts to apoligise for.
The Yanks have thier moments every now and then, the Corvette offers good value for money, Jeeps are up there with the best off-roaders on sale, the CTS is a competent car that recently had it's cry for better engines answered (too bad they didn't fix the atrocious styling) and Chrysler continue to put out good cars. But the Americans are still playing catch-up's and will continue to do so for at least 20 years before becoming profitable, by which point I predict Toyota will be the biggest manufacturer GM the number two, while Hyundai, Honda and the VAG will all be bigger than Ford.