@RjION: Go back and read all your posts.
@Grawdaddy: If I could go ahead here and jump into the conversation…
You used quotations around the term, Pontiac loyalists, which implies that we Pontiac loyalists are not quite that. Speaking just for myself, I AM–in just about every sense I can imagine–INDEED a Pontiac loyalist. I am LOYAL to the brand, I WANT it back, and I therefore take the time to post on this thread to defend the brand AND the movement to revive it. If you read this entire thread from the very beginning, I think you can see that I’m not the only one.
It’s not like the Sloan ladder goes back to 1912, the Titanic’s day. If I’m not mistaken, Sloan wasn’t even GM’s CEO until the 1930s. Also, the Sloan ladder was in use all the way to the late-1970s at least.
A person need not be a millionaire to purchase a GM vehicle (not even the most expensive Cadillac).
Yes, Lincoln is in trouble, but notice that it’s STILL around, at least for now.
I believe I mentioned in a previous post that as a customer and Pontiac loyalist I, for one, would be willing to support any line-up of models you might deign to recommend for a revived Pontiac.
“To hell with the Sloan ladder”: Why so vicious? That business strategy served GM well for a very long time. Of COURSE times have changed, but personally I’m not so sure that there’s NO place any longer for variations on the Sloan ladder.
“Pontiac should have gone years sooner.” I think I speak for nearly all Pontiac loyalists when I say: Not only should Pontiac NOT have gone years sooner, it should never have gone AT ALL. Isn’t that why THIS thread is STILL going, for TEN months and 30 PAGES now?
