General Motors To Follow Ford's Lead And Slash Sedan Lineup

The Chinese won't Chevys but Buicks absolutely. Both brands have their home market. If GM can pick up profitable additional sales in the US with Buicks it pays to keep selling them here. Plus IF gas prices ever spike again, quickly bringing small Chinese Buicks here could be a life saver.

You do know they don't own Vauxhall anymore, right?

Cruze...sales collapsing

Malibu...sells more slowly than the dead Fusion

Impala...sells OK, but not in large numbers

Regal...horrifically bad sales

Lacrosse...nearly as dismal as the Regal.

ATS/CTS/CT6/XTS...all horrible

Kill the Regal and Lacrosse. Replace the XTS with a FWD/AWD Seville of the same size but priced like an ATS

Give Chevy one sedan of some sort.

As long as GM sells more Vehicles in CHINA than in the USA - it will be worldwide sales that will determine the validity of their cars - NOT US sales alone.

ANd in China - sedans still are the dominant vehicle.

Now - IF Gm does produce its VSS platform system - with ONE FWD car platform and ONE RWD Platform for cars - One Platform for Crossovers - and One platform for SMall Trucks - GM has an advantage of being able to support the production of their line of cars with fewer factories.

Buick - a sales leader in China - will almost surely keep its cars there - as will Cadillac - while it is possible Chevy might lose its largest car. But - as the growing price of Gasoline keep going higher - the production of Cars may be a benefit for GM - where it has no real domestic competition anymore.

The slow collapse of the overall car market is just an effect of the booming SUV/CUV/truck market in the US. De

The US is no longer the top market for many of these types of cars. Makes sense for global manufacturers to either reduce production for slow-selling vehicles or to reduce the amount of vehicles in their lineups as they re-direct their sales focus at other markets.

The US market is accustomed to having "too many" choices. Doesn't make sense to offer a dozen options if only 2 or 3 typically sell in high volume regularly (with-respect-to the sedans, wagons of all sizes). And exactly why many of these good cars don't sell can be vastly debatable. Cost-to-perceived value ratio, brand perceptions/expectations/legacy expectations/etc. are all factors that play their part. But it's most-likely the timing of a specific model in the endlessly changing market.

Also, consumers tend to be extremely fickle collectively. Somewhat like sheep to follow the herd. But there's enough outliers that keep some of the less popular vehicles going until it's embarrassing to continue production.

re This page's Title: The word "slash" can be understood top mean "eliminate" or "severely reduce." There's a difference. It would make sense to use a less ambiguous Title.

That aside, it doesn't make sense to produce products that don't don't have sufficient demand.

3 sedan platforms max.