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Re: Who thinks it’s time to start talking about Pontiac again?

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Grawdaddy
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“im all about hearing your lame arguments about why pontiac should be left dead, i have been for the past 24 pages. but its getting old,”

Why don’t you just come clean and admit that there were too many words for you to read and you lost interest; as I’m sure I’ve left dotted about the reasons why Pontiac was lame and why it shouldn’t come back.

“i dont get why you want a non-pontiac gm. i asked that question before and i didnt really get a straight answer.”

Okay, lets see what you want and I tell you why it won’t work.

“i want a new pontiac to arrive, one that makes affordable sports/muscle cars that the public can enjoy,”

Muscle cars are dead, cost too much to make, and aren’t affordable for the average joe. In the face of rising gas and insurance prices, cars are increasingly being seen as just objects of transportation and not as extentions of one’s body. The demand for performance cars hasn’t faded out altogether (therein it demands a premium as commanded by automakers), but performance nowadays cetainly takes a back seat to fuel efficiency, reliability, safety, initial cost, residual value, insurance rate, and other demands…..demands that don’t include performance cars.

Pontiac, by contrast with today’s demands, was using a business model from 40+ years ago, when all of the above critera hardly mattered. Of course, a business plan like Pontiac’s would appeal to you, but you are a minority consumer with demands that place performance at or near the top. In compairson to the majority of consumers nowadays, your demands simply don’t matter.

There’s your answer. Please actually read it and not glance over it.

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