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Old Apr 26, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

Put the new GM sticker on it and call it a day.














Just trying to lighten the mood guys.
Old Apr 26, 2005 | 09:36 PM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

The GM badge also adds 10 HP

Wait till you see GM's next promotion to get import buyers in...

The New GM Hotseat Contest!

10,000 People Win a Free Car and an Engineer!

A totally new interactive experiance where GM customers can help rightsize GM! It's simple, just press the OnStar button at any GM dealer, and wait to hear from the operator if you have rightsized an employee! Customers who win will get a free vehicle, and a GM employee who is being laid off. Rather than leaving our laid off employees with nothing to do for a year but collect severance pay, we have decided to let our customers join in the trills. Customers may use employee as they wish (with limits) for one whole year!


That was a bit cynical...huh
Old Apr 27, 2005 | 12:15 AM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

Originally Posted by formula79
The GM badge also adds 10 HP

Wait till you see GM's next promotion to get import buyers in...





That was a bit cynical...huh

OH NOOOO. That was pretty funny though.
Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:39 PM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

We have an H3 here at work with the GM sticker on it. Its like 2" from the 3 in H3 so from far away it looks like H3 1 -

Ill have to drive this one and see if there is any perfomance difference seeing as the last one I drove didnt have the sticker

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Old Apr 27, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

I still can't believe they are spending money on that GM badge thing.

Especially after the sweeping backlash of so many who don't want it on their car.

Even those few who don't care.... I don't hear them saying "It's about time... I've been wanting that GM badge for years!"
Old Apr 27, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

Originally Posted by formula79
The GM badge also adds 10 HP

Wait till you see GM's next promotion to get import buyers in...
Never will happen. Imports have aftermarket stickers bigger than GM's badges. Some of those huge Honda stickers have 50 extra horses!

It will be like the Silverado SS vs the Lightning or SRT-10 Ram all over again.


Now THAT'S cynical.
Old Apr 27, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

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Never will happen. Imports have aftermarket stickers bigger than GM's badges. Some of those huge Honda stickers have 50 extra horses!

It will be like the Silverado SS vs the Lightning or SRT-10 Ram all over again.


Now THAT'S cynical.

Funny thing is....what happens when a Staurn buyer looks at the GM badge and realized it's a GM product!

The reason Saturn's customer service ratings are so high is because the average consumer does not realize it's a GM product. Remember my old Corrola/Prizm story....it will be that all over.
Old Apr 27, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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Re: A plan to release the Solstice on schedule.

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The reason Saturn's customer service ratings are so high is because the average consumer does not realize it's a GM product.
That may have been true at the beginning, but I don't think it is anymore. Even GM's corporate advertising includes the Saturn brand with all the others (which wasn't the case when Saturn launched).
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