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dodge_guy
Explorer II
Dec 15, 2018

Chevy commercial parody.

This guy has done a lot with Chevy commercials, but this one is pretty spot on. Considering the commercial aired a week or so before the layoffs!

Chevy commercial!

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  • dodge guy wrote:
    I wouldn’t count on import sedans for any length of time! It’s imevitable that it trickles down into the imports over time.


    True. Read a column in the Detroit Free Press on this topic and Toyota and Honda. Both manufacturers sell plenty of Camrys and Accords, but the bulk of these sales are to fleet operators (rentals). The newly redesigned 2019 Avalon, is on track to likely sell fewer than 70,000 units. So, it would seem the sedan is on varying levels of life support industry wide.
  • Less more, no American sedans? Even though SUVs and crossovers are pretty much the new family sedans, I'm not sure if your serious or just wanting to complain about the state of affairs of the US auto industry.
    You know, kind of like a less abrasive Robert Ryan! Lol

    American sedans for 2019.
    Your Chevy Impala
    Buick LaCrosse and Regal
    Any number of Caddys
    And my favorite. Charger. 300 to 700hp. Pick your weapon! Or it's Chrysler twin....
  • GM needs to hire a new advertising firm. For many years they couldn’t keep the name Ford out of their commercials. Including Howie Long panning Ford’s “ man step” that turned out to be great advertising for Ford. And now their “real people, not actors”. Really???
  • Not as bad (for GM Employees) as portrayed in the media. Powertrain in Toledo is taking a large number of them as are other plants (if they want to move and transfer) and there will be relocation funds available too. There are about 1200 employees at Lordstown and the other slated for closure plants that can take an early retirement so it's not as bad as t's being publicized.

    Having said that, I too think the push for SUV's and hybrid vehicles is a mistake but then I'm not planning on buying a new vehicle anytime soon.
  • I wouldn’t count on import sedans for any length of time! It’s imevitable that it trickles down into the imports over time.
  • Good one. and this revised advert not only captures how GM employees are feeling, but also a significant segment of their customers.

    I've had mostly GM products since 1968. In the stable right now are a 2007 Buick LaCrosse and 2015 Chevy Impala...both bought new. I don't what our next vehicle will be. At this point with 20 new models..all EV and being introduced by GM by 2023, and probably none of them sedans, probably not GM. Probably not Ford either...same deal there..no sedans or Chrysler for that matter...their sedans are going too.

    I have invariably bought North American made vehicles...American or Canadian made vehicles. But it's like the former Big 3 have left me and many others. My wife doesn't want a pickup, I don't want an SUV, we like sedans.

    Have a feeling the next vehicle will probably have to be something like a Honda Accord sedan.

    I bet the import manufacturers can't believe their luck with GM/Ford/Chrysler essentially ceding yet another market to the competition.

    Our 2015 Impala...the newer platform, developed by Opel has been a wonderful vehicle. Top rated by many...even Consumer Reports...unbelievably...but GM does the same thing over and over again. They don't advertise some models, like the new Impala and they let some really good models just wither on the vine and die.

    I can't understand the thinking and philosophy of the CEO's of these three companies.

    Well, I think the Big 3 have finally beaten me into submission...I give up and will probably end up with the competition...even though I've been a strong supporter of North American makes for over 50 years.

    But, if they don't make what I need...what you gonna do ?