Continental Chaos: GMs Failed Attempt to Conquer Europe

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  @sterlinsilver · 2 years ago

  The fact that they thought hummer would even have a chance of selling in Europe is laughable

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• NI

  @nizm0man · 2 years ago

  GM driving their brands into their ground? What a surprise... [Australian here]

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• AL

  @AlexTenThousand · 2 years ago

  It's interesting how GM manages to make enemies out of former allies - after the failed partnership with Fiat in the first half of the 2000s (which Fiat made really good use of and even got money out of it when GM pulled out, with which they could effectively buy out Chrysler after the 2008 recession killed it), FCA and PSA ended up becoming Stellantis, a whole group of brands that GM wronged over the years.

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• DU

  @dubster8086 · 2 years ago

  I think it says a lot about GM that a company run by accountants rather than ‘car guys’ couldn’t make a profit out of its European division, yet 12 months later it’s in profit 😂

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• SL

  @Slazlo-Brovnik · 2 years ago (edited)

  I remember when Daewoo was rebadged Chevrolet. I thought: Okay, this is suicide. They managed to damage BOTH brands in one move at the same time.<br>I know NOBODY who did not say &quot;What? WHAT?&quot;

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• IL

  @ilmaurizetazetaerre · 2 years ago (edited)

  I remember I was studying Management in the early 2000s. I was baffled by the messy GM policies on rebadging daewoo as chevrolet so I asked my Marketing Professor for his take about it: he was as baffled as I

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• TH

  @TheOtherBill · 2 years ago

  For the first time Ed has managed to make an episode that didn&apos;t have a single car I&apos;d spend my own money on.

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• LE

  @leogreck9984 · 2 years ago

  &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;Failed attempt&quot; go together quite nicely.

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• HE

  @HenriBourkel · 1 year ago

  Driving Saab into bankruptcy was the worst mistake GM made in Europe. The Swedish brand had a lot of fans throughout Europe, and many people are still extremely resentful against GM for having wrecked that remarkable car company.

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• MA

  @markusfallert8143 · 2 years ago

  I have a suggestion for the next episode: &quot;The History of Car Safety&quot; Id love to see what car developers did to increase their cars safety over the years, from the 5mph Bumpers to automatic lane-keep assist and the evolution of airbags

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• ST

  @StCornerback · 2 years ago

  I like how GM tried to sell almost all cars as Chevrolet instead of using their brands as they really are, including Daewoo.

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  @marcf6806 · 2 years ago

  As a classic Saab owner, I&apos;m always happy to hear shitting on GM. &nbsp; Saab the real Saab, the most intelligent cars ever built died when GM started badge jobbing them into nothing (NG 900, 93, 95, 92X, 97X &amp; 94X)

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