Re: Corvettes and Mustangs
Joe,
I think GM management is a bunch of WEENIES concerning design and marketing. The C6 is certainly an evolution from the C5 as far as styling. Performance is again increased. Why change a good thing? We are lucky there was C5 to begin with given many of the stupid mangement descisions at the beginning of design of the C5.
The C5 is/was a huge hit with customers in styling,performnce and sales. Go the to Corvette show now and what do you see? Fat, 50+ in age, momma in the passenger seat, all the Corvette trinkets and trash owners can put on their body/car and an enthusiasm for the Corvette not seen in YEARS! The parking lot is full of C5's. Why should GM screw it up when they finally got it right as far as car sales are concerned? They would be crazy make the C6 a "revolutionary" car at this stage of the game now that Corvette is finally selling a good profitable levels.
This is exactly what GM did with the Cadillac Seville. The 92-97 Seville's where a sales and customer hit. The dealers wanted a new car that was evolutionary but revolutionary. Look at the 98-2004 Seville. Very similiar in appearance as requested by the selling dealers but a TOTALLY different car under the surface. Everything is different including the size of the wheelbase. It sold well for a few years but then became stale. Now they have the new revolutionary 2005 Seville for sale. Time will tell if Cadillac regains the excitement that Seville enjoyed in the mid 90's.
The bean counters are still in charge at GM. One good look at their product line plainly shows who is in charge. GM is getting better at design, marketing and sales in this country but only needs to look across the street at Chrysler and Ford for a GREAT lesson automotive design and manufacturing. Of course if GM really wants to get serious they should look at their foriegn competitiion who is SERIOUSLY eroding GM's market share and customer base worldwide. Of course this is a real stretch since GM cannot even match their cross town rivals in Detroit!
It's hard to believe that GM is Still number 2 in automotive production in the world. However from my perspective, I see that GM is dilligently working on becoming NUMBER 3!
Long live the Corvette? We'll see????
Joe,
I think GM management is a bunch of WEENIES concerning design and marketing. The C6 is certainly an evolution from the C5 as far as styling. Performance is again increased. Why change a good thing? We are lucky there was C5 to begin with given many of the stupid mangement descisions at the beginning of design of the C5.
The C5 is/was a huge hit with customers in styling,performnce and sales. Go the to Corvette show now and what do you see? Fat, 50+ in age, momma in the passenger seat, all the Corvette trinkets and trash owners can put on their body/car and an enthusiasm for the Corvette not seen in YEARS! The parking lot is full of C5's. Why should GM screw it up when they finally got it right as far as car sales are concerned? They would be crazy make the C6 a "revolutionary" car at this stage of the game now that Corvette is finally selling a good profitable levels.
This is exactly what GM did with the Cadillac Seville. The 92-97 Seville's where a sales and customer hit. The dealers wanted a new car that was evolutionary but revolutionary. Look at the 98-2004 Seville. Very similiar in appearance as requested by the selling dealers but a TOTALLY different car under the surface. Everything is different including the size of the wheelbase. It sold well for a few years but then became stale. Now they have the new revolutionary 2005 Seville for sale. Time will tell if Cadillac regains the excitement that Seville enjoyed in the mid 90's.
The bean counters are still in charge at GM. One good look at their product line plainly shows who is in charge. GM is getting better at design, marketing and sales in this country but only needs to look across the street at Chrysler and Ford for a GREAT lesson automotive design and manufacturing. Of course if GM really wants to get serious they should look at their foriegn competitiion who is SERIOUSLY eroding GM's market share and customer base worldwide. Of course this is a real stretch since GM cannot even match their cross town rivals in Detroit!
It's hard to believe that GM is Still number 2 in automotive production in the world. However from my perspective, I see that GM is dilligently working on becoming NUMBER 3!
Long live the Corvette? We'll see????
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