** Give me a successful example where a qualifying amount of people demanded a product without ANY specifics and then received something they were all (or mostly) satisfied with.
That seems like what you’re asking for, so I’m really curious to hear such an example for the first time.
GM has no incentive to act on your demands as you’ve stated them so far. I’m not asking for detailed specifics, but you need to provide GM with some minimum guidance.
** A start would be to answer these two questions.
1. What can Pontiac do that none of GM’s current brands can?
2. What is the estimated size of this market that is exclusive to Pontiac?
In all the comments on this thread, no one has answered these basic questions or provided any hard numbers. Actually, I’m the only one who even took a stab at it in a comment you didn’t respond to (page 10). All I’m asking you to do is to quantify the demand and tell GM what those exclusive Pontiac buyers will want. GM is not the consumer – they are the supplier. When GM told the public what their buyers wanted, THAT is what made them non-competitive. That is what you’re asking GM to do again by refusing to list any demands but one. It is NOT GM’s business to tell you what you want.
If you truly want GM to act, then you need to put forth some effort to communicate your desires to them. All you’ve done so far is shout, “I want a Pontiac name and Arrowhead on a GM car!” If GM took Chevrolet’s right off the end of the production line and covered the names and bowties with Pontiac equivalents using double sided adhesive, that would satisfy you according to your comments. Even doing that is more effort on GM’s part than what you’re doing. You say that you’re fighting for Pontiac. You’re not fighting for Pontiac – you’re just shouting. Fighting requires training, a bit of sacrifice, and especially knowing you’re opponent. You haven’t shown where you’ve done any of that. All you’re doing is cheer leading for a non-existent a team. Hell, even cheerleaders give direction and lead by example.
You are the customer. You ARE obligated to tell GM what you want.
You would be foolish to expect GM to give just any old car to the public as a Pontiac.
Here are some examples of where they failed to understand what the customer wanted in a Pontiac.
Grand Ville
1980’s Lemans
Aztek
Transport
2004 GTO (Single exhaust and no hood scoops on a GTO? That was just stupid!)
G3
Those are just Pontiac failures. Given that precedent, why would GM be willing to foray back into the Pontiac wilderness without a compass? You’re not fulfilling your role as a consumer to communicate clearly what you want. (For the record, I also supported the Occupy movement (i.e. I donated). I agreed with their desire to raise awareness of the wage disparity, but I am also extremely disappointed that they didn’t work toward a solution to that problem.) All that you’re doing here amounts to shouting. But each day that goes by where GM doesn’t announce a new Pontiac is a shout right back – and they don’t even have to lift a finger to do so. Your “economic sanctions” are meaningless without any conditions (that’s plural – you’ve only listed a single vague demand.) or effort on your part.
