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Re: Is the Caprice Coming? Lutz Hedges His Bets; Bloggers Say It Is
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Re: Is the Caprice Coming? Lutz Hedges His Bets; Bloggers Say It Is
[That's] a rumor that ought to give nightmares to the Glass House Gang. Just when it looked like the mega-potent V8/RWD Holden Commodore, oddly known in the States as the Pontiac G8, would be retreating back to the "Land of Wonder, the Land Down Under," "Maximum Bob" Lutz may intervene to save it as a Chevrolet Caprice.
(That sound you just heard was a host of Ford lifers exclaiming "Crikey!")
Given that the Commodore is already sold as a Chevrolet Caprice in the Middle East and likely could be easily "badge engineered" into a bow-tie bruiser (Why bother to do anything more than just rip off the "Pontiac" badges and glue on some new Chevy ones?), Lutz's proposal is a "beyond obvious" move.
Whether [the New GM] can pull off the switch before the . . . hikes in Corporate Average Fuel Economy hit [ in 2012-2016] is a question. Another question is whether an obviously good idea such as the "Holden Caprice" can survive the current political climate for what would likely be a short run.
[Shifting production to the Camaro plant for the G8-Caprice by 2011 sounds almost like "mission impossible." That's certainly a quick move for the New GM . . . and its those Holden workers who are now saying "Crikey" to the jobs leaving for the land of the Maple Leafs. . . . ]
Ford, of course, will be left without any U.S. certified V8 capable RWD sedan chassis after the slaughter of its Panthers sometime in the 2010-2011 time frame. Thus, as the Second Supercar Era ends in the hailstorm of "climate change"/"Cap-n-Tax"/"Global Governance" madness, FoMoCo will not be able to build one last "muscle car" sedan to tide us over through the coming malaise. (The overweight, under-performing, V8-less . . . 2010 Taurus and SHO (Slow, Heavy, Overpriced) certainly won't!)
Tragic. Stupid. And just as predicted [on the "Truth With Speedzzter" blog], Ford has "Lutz more to worry about."
Excerpted from http://speedzzter.blogspot.com/2009/...ld-become.htmlComment
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Re: Is the Caprice Coming? Lutz Hedges His Bets; Bloggers Say It Is
Bob Lutz says on GM's Fastlane blog that he has come to realize that there is no business case for continuing to import the G8 as a Chevy.
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Re: Is the Caprice Coming? Lutz Hedges His Bets; Bloggers Say It Is
Apparently somebody explained to Lutz that marketing doesn't get to call the shots on product.
No "business case" is Detroit-speak for the when the parasitic Robert McNamara bean-counter types (i.e. Fritz Henderson and his appliance motorist handlers on the Car Czar Central Committee) shoot down a what looks to everyone else like a "no brainer."
A whole bunch of Ford execs behind the Taurus SHO (Slow, Heavy, Overpriced) revival are probably dancing a jig around the Glass House at this news.Comment
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