@Brian_E: Of COURSE I understand return-on-investment. My point was that Pontiac was TWICE AS POPULAR here in the US. Pontiac was an AMERICAN brand, it was ICONIC (built the first musclecar), had a LARGE, LOYAL following, AND–which I neglected to mention on the poll thread–had FIVE models to Buick’s THREE, AND had a sport truck possibly in the works. Yet, IN EFFECT, CHINA dictated that Pontiac–rather than Buick–should be shut down. As I mentioned in the poll thread, I would have hoped that some kind of accommodation could have been made: Sell Buick in China only, continue selling Pontiac in the US and Canada (where it was the #1 American brand.) By the way, I have seen that same idea posted by others, on other Pontiac-related threads.
chevtothemax: Hello? AGAIN: I’m willing to buy from not just another BRAND completely, but another AUTOMAKER completely. In Economics, we call this an “economic sanction.” GM murdered my favorite brand, therefore I will apply an “economic sanction” against GM by purchasing from a NON-GM automaker, when it’s time for a new car. Hopefully this will FINALLY sink-in? It’s not really rocket science.
