A/N Lists GM Nameplates To Be Cut; Chevy & Buick To Add Nameplates
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Source: Automotive News Email Alert
GM nameplates shrinking from 47 to 34
Richard Truett - Automotive News - April 27, 2009
DETROIT -- As General Motors ends production of Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Hummer vehicles, the number of nameplates will shrink to 34 from 47, GM CEO Fritz Henderson said today.
No vehicles will be cut from the four surviving GM brands. All of the cuts to existing nameplates will come from the brands GM intends to discontinue, Troy Clarke, GM's president of North America, said today at a media event. He said that for brands such as Chevrolet, GM intends to actually add nameplates over the next few years.
Clarke would not say whether some future vehicles intended for Pontiac vehicles could be become Buicks. Clarke did say, "We want to continue to develop the Buick brand, and that'll mean adding products to the Buick lineup."
Jamie LaReau contributed to this report
PHASE OUTS
Here are the vehicles that are being phased out, most at the end of the 2009 model year.
• Pontiac: G8, G6, G5, G3, Solstice, Torrent, Vibe
• Hummer: H2, H3, H3T
• Saab: 9-3, 9-5, 9-7
• Saturn:Astra, Aura, Outlook, Sky, Vue
