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16/02/2025 1:15 pm
Sickening to lose Pontiac and Olds.....ridiculous.
16/02/2025 1:20 pm
I wasn't a great big fan of the Saturn but hated to see that go as well. To discontinue Pontiac and Oldsmobile - that hurt. And there is not one normal car in the current Buick line-up; they are virtually all SUV's.
16/02/2025 1:31 pm
@perrone1 Yep...sad but true Tony. So uninspiring compared to the 50s thru 70s. I will never forget that "late September buzz" I used to get every year anticipating the new American car arrivals at dealerships; it's one of my fondest memories of my youth.
16/02/2025 1:50 pm
...don't get me started! 😠 😠 😡 For a host of reasons, the "Big 3" ALLOWED market share to incrementally erode year after year. Sadly, as they sink further down in global rankings it appears NONE have learned much about sustaining market share while exercising engineering & cost vigilance.
It's a rotten shame that Imperial, Oldsmobile, Mercury, Pontiac, Saturn, and Plymouth no longer exist. Chrysler too, may soon join that dubious line-up.
....don't get started!
16/02/2025 2:26 pm
When the first Asian products coming into the USA, they were less than desirable so the big three went on making cars that were also less than desirable. Suddenly the Asian products became quality but not American. After the fact, the big three woke up only after the consumer was already making buying decisions that didn't include their products. It's called shooting yourself in the foot.
16/02/2025 2:29 pm
Jack, same here...before the showroom previews, we would go to the storage lots to try to see the new arrivals before they hit the show room floor.@perrone1 Yep...sad but true Tony. So uninspiring compared to the 50s thru 70s. I will never forget that "late September buzz" I used to get every year anticipating the new American car arrivals at dealerships; it's one of my fondest memories of my youth.
John Bono
North Jersey
16/02/2025 5:52 pm
I have one word for you: William Edwards Demming.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
16/02/2025 6:15 pm
I too remember the new car introductions in September. Dad and I would go to the showrooms to see the new cars.
I was a big Imperial fan as a child, and I remember my disappointment when 8 year old me found the 1964 wasn't out with the rest of the Chrysler corporation cars, especially knowing there would be big changes. The salesman took us in the back, and there it was, dusty and awaiting its day on the floor. Over the moon!
Or the time our Lincoln Mercury dealer had a Mangusta on the floor left unlocked and we got in.
Great memories!
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
16/02/2025 8:15 pm
William Edwards Demming.
Yes, just another example of the "Big 3 doing too little, too late." Ultimately, Demming's methods & ideology were embraced domestically, but Asian markets, quick to recognize the potential, had adopted them 20-30 years prior.
As Winston Churchill noted (although in a political context ) "Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else."