GM's Advertising Identity Crisis Hurting Sales (FR thread linked)

NLPC ^ | October 17, 2013 | Mark Modica

[Responsibility2nd]

To be honest, I would buy a GM truck. Before I’d buy a Dodge.

But the only trucks on my shoping list are Fords or the Tundra.

[GeronL]

exactly

bail-outs are horrible and they distort the market even more

[FreedomPoster]

Aren’t those made in TX?

[Secret Agent Man]

my dad, too, same circumstances as yours. he went from big buicks, thge ones with the dynaride, that they don’t make anymore, to larger nissan cars.

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If GM were the last car company on earth, I’d buy a horse.

[jimpick]

Hell if Gm were the last car company on earth I would saddle my dog.

[Redleg Duke]

GM is dead to me, and I was a Chevy Man from the beginning.

Now we drive a Ford F150 and I have a used 2002 Volvo.

[drypowder]

Hard earned American tax dollars went to bail out both GM and Chrysler and they took some of that money and built assembly plants in Mexico. I will resort to horses or bicycles before I ever buy either of those brands of vehicle.

[ShadowAce]

Yup--In San Antonio.

By Americans.

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I'm actually buying a minivan tonight and never for a minute even considered looking at a Government Motors product.

They are a bloodsucking drain on our country's economy, and represent the model for the growing government/corporate leftwing fascist trend.

I'm more likely to buy nipple clamps.

[jazusamo]

The whole bankruptcy and bailout was a pathetic rip off of taxpayers, bondholders and many dealers to reward bad management at the companies and the UAW. Ford told the government to take a hike and straightened themselves out.

GM is still being run by 0bama’s hand picked CEO, I say screw ‘em.

[1stIowa]

what’s GM, I am sure you have heard it before, GMC = Gigantic Mountain (of) Crap.

[Skepolitic]

GM lost me when they defaulted on their bonds and conspired with Obama to rip off bondholders.

I will never buy a GM product. I don’t deal in stolen goods.

[FAA]

On top of all that.........their new pickups are U.G.L.Y. Now, granted, their previous body style was ugly too but this new one raised the stakes in the ugly game.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “granted, their previous body style was ugly too but this new one raised the stakes in the ugly game.” <<

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Kind of reminiscent of 1950 Studebaker pickups, but without the durability.

[hattend]

FUGM

[VRWC For Truth]

Government Motors is dead to me. Screw your bond holders, screw you.

[Dick Vomer]

4 Suburbans over the last 24 years.... next family ride= Toyota.

if they gave me a Suburban, I’d trade it in for Toyota, Nissan or Ford... I’ll never own a GM/quisling/union sucking/POS supporting auto. I’d rather walk.

[TigersEye]

Screw your bond holders, screw you.

That was the topping on a mountain of crap that tore it for me too.
All I could think of was Mussolini and collaborators at that point.

[usconservative]

My 2003 GMC Envoy Denali with 67,000 miles is the LAST GM product I will ever buy, and that is entirely due to the Government Bailouts and preferential treatment of Unions over bondholders and ultimately, GM customers.

I say that as a lifelong GM customer who suffered through some really crappy cars of the late 70's, entire 80's and through the 90's. GM won't get a single cent out of me, period. Neither will Chrysler - for the same reasons.

I will ONLY look at Ford, Toyota and Honda going forward.