Saab, Saturn & Pontiac Brands Face the Chopping Block

If GM cuts Saturn and Pontiac this will suck horribly..

I hope they the government won't give tham money, because I hate GM because of Opel who's always the victim in all/ hope opel will be sold to the germans!

Don't care for Saturn or Pontiac but not Saab!!

are there any new photos of the next generation of Astra(seems like they are not giving any new details until the 2/5 december:(

Killing Saturn and importing Opel in the US it's a smart move, but we will miss SAAB and Pontiac.

I'm glad they are considering some real changes rather than fat checks until the market turns. While they've gotten better at differentiating products from commonm platforms, they just have too many brands. They should start by killing Hummer. It is a PR nightmare. People dis GM over Saab, but Saab wasn't exactly flying high when they bought it and FWD premium brands can only go so far (e.g., Volvo, Acura, etc.). I don't follow the sales between their divisions, but Pontiac seems like a good candidate for elimination given Buick's popularity in China. This would leave them with Chevy, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Saturn, and Opel. (That still seems like a lot.) Let them cut the corporate jets and drastically reduce executive compensation and it might be palatable.

Good! I don't rly car about Saturn but Saab is to good a company to be owned by GM, and maybe Pontiac will finally get it's chance at being a sports car brand with new owners!

umm... pontiac just got out his new G8 car to compete others, and saturn got astra... which we have seen not much competitive in market... the plan seems possitive and should get rid of domestic brands...

hopefully they will sell these brands rather than just cull them

I heard that BMW is interested to buy opel, yupi :p

It seems like a pretty good idea to sell Pontiac, but the main question is still who in the world would buy it. It's too bland and mainstream to be bought as a sporty division for some other brand (like Alfa Romeo); isn't prestigious enough to be bought as an upmarket brand (like Infiniti); doesn't have enough global appeal to become a player in other markets; and when it goes on sale, it will be certainly way too expensive for the chinese carmakers to afford - though they are the ones who would make good use of its brand awareness in the american market. Anyway, there's more to get rid of. Sell Hummer. Sell Saab. Sell brands from the past, like Oldsmobile and Geo, and even names, like the BelAir or the Firebird. It will hurt, but maybe even sell the Corvette name, since it's been marketed as a separate brand in markets abroad. Cut even more product overlaps. In the US, leave trucks for GMC only. In Europe, don't let Chevy get in the way of Opel. In Latin America, start selling korean Chevy cars instead of simplified Opels with high adaptation costs. Simplify, reinvent and, most of all, stop thinking as a number one and start planning like a newcomer. I know, I know, not that simple in real life, but... I don't see the General considering half of it. Watch Hyundai or Nissan, GM, and learn.

Pontiac was introduced in '26 as a new marque by GM anyway so its really only like Toyota killing Scion or Lexus

Good, SAAB deserves something better than GM, i'm sure VW will buy them as they already own SCANIA. I thought GMC was General Motors Canada, a branch of SUVs made in canada. I would suspect they sell that and keep Chevrolet.

My mind is totally being blown everyday from all the news that keeps piling up on the big tr?.

I think they should axe buick and saab and reduce lemons in the Pontiac and Saturn range.

GM should cut Pontiac, Chevrolet Europe, GMC, Hummer, Saturn and Holden. Also they should rid themselves of the Vauxhall moniker as they are simply rebadged Opels, and sell SAAB to Porsche or a similar manufacturer. They should however retain these core brands: Opel: European mainstream brand selling in Europe, West Asia and Africa. Would sell cars formerly marketed under Holden, Vauxhall, Saturn. Chevrolet: American mainstream brand selling in the Americas and Asia-Pacific region. Would sell cars formerly marketed under Holden, Pontiac, Hummer, GMC. Cadillac: Premium brand for Chevrolet & Opel(much like today) marketed worldwide. Sell cars formerly built by SAAB. With just these three brans, it will be greatly simplified, with each of the three selling passenger cars, SUVs, and utility vehicles. Better having three distinct brands than nine mixed ones.

cadillac upgrade to exclusive (next to bentley,...) corvette exclusive sport buick premium brand (not imported to europe), saab premium sport brand (not imported to asia) opel as mainstream brand with label-change(saturn (U.S.), vauxhall (GB), holden (AU)) chevrolet as low cost (latin america, russia,...) GMC as trucks

Cadillac as premium brand Corvette as its own motorsports brand Hummer as its own brand Chevrolet as economy cars and trucks Kill Buick- Kill Pontiac- Kill Saturn Sell SAAB