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Wagoner: GM will move cautiously on production
Wagoner: GM will move cautiously on production
By Jason Stein
Automotive News / January 10, 2005
Don't expect a glut of Saturn Skys or Pontiac Solstices on dealership lots in 2005 -- at least not because of overproduction.
And don't expect to see a load of additional vehicles off General Motors' Kappa architecture that will be used on the Solstice and Sky roadsters.
GM CEO Rick Wagoner said the automaker will use a cautious production plan for its new line of niche vehicles after seeing other halo vehicles sit on dealership lots.
"We are going to be pretty tough about how many we produce," Wagoner said Sunday. "We're going to be very disciplined about increasing production, because while it seems like we make decisions that don't look very smart, we do learn from them."
Wagoner said GM "probably overproduced" the Chevrolet SSR and Pontiac GTO in 2004.
Wagoner said GM will gauge the market more closely when it comes to niche vehicles in the immediate future. That includes new products from Pontiac and Saturn.
He added: "We should play those for what the market wants."
Wagoner said GM "probably overproduced" the Chevrolet SSR and Pontiac GTO in 2004.
Wagoner said GM will gauge the market more closely when it comes to niche vehicles in the immediate future. That includes new products from Pontiac and Saturn.
He added: "We should play those for what the market wants."[/quote]
WHAT A NOVEL IDEA ! Guess thats why he gets paid the BIG bucks !
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Originally Posted by 41chevcoe
Wagoner said GM "probably overproduced" the Chevrolet SSR and Pontiac GTO in 2004.
Wagoner said GM will gauge the market more closely when it comes to niche vehicles in the immediate future. That includes new products from Pontiac and Saturn.
He added: "We should play those for what the market wants."
WHAT A NOVEL IDEA ! Guess thats why he gets paid the BIG bucks !
What I was told just last week by someone higher up in GM this ... "The dealers "screamed" that they wanted more, more, more SSRs so GM said OK, OK, OK! Now they all have learned a very hard and sad lesson, one that we already know...
PLLLLEEEAAASSSEEE NO more over production!
GM hopefully now realizes that they have to be much more careful in how they react to the market place and "especially" the dealers out-crys for more and more.
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Amen to that!!! Maybe pricing will stabilize, and keep the resale market a little bit stronger.
Flip side of that coin though is pulleeeze don't create a limited production high performance or final edition - build us a super SSR, but build as many as the customer base demands, again keeping pricing stable. We don't really need another opportunity for unscrupulous dealers to gouge us, do we?
Ray
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