I cannot Express the sheer amount of anger and hate I have for this crossover/SUV trend.

@supremeetnel7707

5 жыл бұрын

EagleTalon 97 Right! not everybody has kids or wants a crossover.

@frooz442

5 жыл бұрын

Crossovers aren't bad but I'd easily still buy sedans or coupes over crossovers

@93214919321491

5 жыл бұрын

Suv's are good, assuming they're body on frame. But yes, crossovers are a plague.

@micahhill4786

5 жыл бұрын

I agree I hate them what happen to station wagons or even minivans keep cars like wft

@danielb516

5 жыл бұрын

GM is lagging on fuel efficiency ......where is the affordable 52mpg coupe ? Or the electric pickup truck ?

My prediction is about 5 years after they quit offering sedans in America they will start offering them again.

@thomasaly7624

5 жыл бұрын

I really hope so

We were a GM family, 4 generations until the 1990's. Cracked cylinder heads, worn out camshafts, rust, leaks, electrical problems, suspension issues, ect, ect. We walked away to imports. I never understood their decision to get rid of Pontiac(their excitement division) yet keep GMC truck which are rebadged Chevys. I'm not sure who they are trying to sell Buicks to(kind of like Ford's Mercury division now extinct).

@GH-oi2jf

5 жыл бұрын

MKE Dan - The 1970s and 1980s were the worst years for American cars. The GM cars sold today are the best they have ever made. As for GMC trucks, it used to be that all Chevrolets, and only Chevrolets, were sold by Chevrolet dealers. The GMC pickup was available to Buick, etc. dealers who did not sell the Chevrolet marque. The GMC was a little more upscale to distinguish it from Chevrolet and appeal to Buick and Cadillac customers.

The Cruze in Australia is called the Holden Cruze and was withdrawn about two years back because it's an awful LEMON

@elliotk4444

5 жыл бұрын

The new Cruze is called the Holden Astra Sedan

@bmw803

3 жыл бұрын

In North America, they were OK, but since crossovers are more attractive, the cruze wasn't selling as much.

@davidkettell5726

2 жыл бұрын

Australians cannot build cars.

@phugemawl

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidkettell5726 The Autralian models were built in Thailand. My neice has one, it's sent her nearly bankrupt !!!

As a salesman for one of the foreign auto makers, this will be huge for Toyota and Honda for their car sales, with Ford and GM getting out of the major car markets, they will reap the benefits

@fschael

5 жыл бұрын

laubin Toyota will be the king of the peanuts... sedan market doesn't deliver the revenue that a Crossover or truck deliver and it is already a small market piece at this moment.

@samueljosiah3772

5 жыл бұрын

Federico Schael Toyota I feel like will capitalize on this. They can still steal the remaining scraps of the sedan market with the redesigned Corolla, Avalon and the Camry. And they can cash in on the SUV craze with the CH-R, RAV4,Highlander,4Runner,Sequoia and Landcruiser. They are going to dominate. So will Honda and Nissan. Ford saw the righting on the wall long ago and are making bank selling SUVs and Pickup Trucks

@05Forenza

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree on this. I'm in the same industry, same side of it. And yeah, not only do we have better products, it's now the only product.

@fschael

5 жыл бұрын

Samuel Josiah Absolutely!!! Toyota will dominate and the climate change doesn't exist! Do you know what is the big issue with Toyota? They don't innovate anymore. They love to be the second and third of this relationship. They are always four step behind of everyone on the industry. They just celebrate reliability and that's it. They don't take risk at all. How many years has the 4runner platform? almost 9 years? and it doesn't seem like there is any new all model in the next years. The same with the corolla. Camry seems to be one of the exception. Reliability is not enough to be first in this Industry. Look at GMC, less reliable vehicle ever, and they are first on sales. Ford loves innovation and they're becoming more and more reliable with time. Sorry, but Toyota doesn't have the guts to be and maintain a first position on the industry.

@oldmillennial6872

5 жыл бұрын

My opinion is the ford and gm people will just buy an suv. Once they meet a salesperson it will not be hard to be convinced.

I miss sedans and wagons I hate crossovers

@waterup380

5 жыл бұрын

what is a crossover just a big ol station wagon. but i hate crossovers also

@MaestroTJS

5 жыл бұрын

@@waterup380 No, it's not a station wagon. They sit higher and as a consequence have shittier handling. Also, their styling is revolting. Wagons have sleeker lines being based on sedans.

@waterup380

5 жыл бұрын

Yes and why do we need another crossover. It cost more on gas and other things like that. Plus would you want to drive one with a car platform frame for the cheaper crossover.

@johnbasil7882

5 жыл бұрын

Patrick Schorre. Thank u. Was wondering when somebody would say something. I agree. Every time I see one I think of the video game Moon Patrol when I was a kid. Everybody wants to be some trendy Persona. If I see another pair of skinny jeans and messy hair coming out of a crossover drinking a latte , holding a man bag I'm going to slap somebody down. Individuality is dead and style is out of style. Sad.

@boggy7665

5 жыл бұрын

Cars now have that aero rear window that cramps headroom and shortens the trunk opening. Two things that are driving people to switch to SUVs. All for mpg, but that backfires if people buy the SUV.

From the company that brought you the Vega. This is what happens when you let a bunch of bean counters run a company.

@Newzchspy

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Allen Binog Brian! Ypu hit nail in the head. Mary was a knee jerk hire who's not a " car guy" and us a bean counter. She sucked the life right out of GM and they're afraid to fire her because of Code Pink and#MeToo. You know what sells cars? Excitement!! Speed, performance, reliability. With gas prices now getting at or below $2.00 a gallon for regular, give us some excitement in a car. All electric is not " all that." People still want to drive far and there's a limit to the Bolt and Tesla. Sure, you could supercharge every 3-4 hours on road, but most want to get up and go, go, go. To stop making the Volt is downright stupid and is Who killed the electric car Part Deux.? The Bolt is a halo electric that most won't buy into because of 1. Looks 2. Price 3. Range anxiety Most of the cars Mary is killing are save able. The Impala is a marketing icon. The Caddy , larger cars, are as well. Give them AWD and check reliability. It often costs more to close a factory than to just slow it down. This is just a slow market and lots of cars on road are aging from the Obama junker clunker buyback program. Cash for clunkers put a lot of new cars on road and those are aging now. Why kill some iconic Marques?

@vmchapman20

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, you mean companies aren't here to make the most amount of money they can? Crazy

@KH-ux7sd

5 жыл бұрын

Dont forget about the Chevette.

@MacTechG4

5 жыл бұрын

Bean counters need to be outlawed! At the very least, their “teeth” need to be removed and they need to be removed from the decision making process. They’re like the human appendix, completely useless and best removed before they become diseased and threaten the life of the Human.

@GH-oi2jf

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Allen - The GM that built the Vega went bankrupt. The new GM that emerged from bankruptcy is run by Mary Barra, an engineer and car girl, not a bean counter. Of course they still have to count the beans to stay profitable.

The problem with GM is their marketing. They never reinvented themselves to appeal with every generation. They lost their grassroots. A simple good ol’ American retrofit to each of their vehicles would spark the market. Look how well the Vette and Camaro did. Dropping RWD in the Impala was ignorant. The lacrosse needed AWD OR RWD with a less dull design. It’s sad to see GM lose to import manufacturers because the ceo and marking team can’t get their act straight. Even after a tax payer bailout. I’m pissed. Such bulls**t

@kwt7667g

5 жыл бұрын

This is the most intelligent comment Patrick! GM just keeps blowing up their marques over and over trying to reinvent themselves each time losing their grassroots. Take Chevrolet: They killed the Nova, Chevelle, Malibu (brought back), Impala, Caprice, Monte Carlo, Celebrity, Cavalier, etc. What the hell is a "Cruise" anyway. Ultimately it doesn't matter, because you blink and it's gone. GM just keeps hitting that reset button over and over. How long has Toyota made their Crayola and Crammy cars? Decades of market continuity. Ultimately it doesn't matter if GM built a nice "Cobalt" 12 years ago that was a good car for someone because it's gone now. So, when someone asks, "What is a Trax?" Who cares, it'll be gone a few years anyway.

@ariip

5 жыл бұрын

The problem with GM is that they do not care. Like most American ice car manufacturers. They care more about a few dollars than peoples lives, or their happiness and making a better product. If they did care and had the foresight and smarts, they would not have killed the EV1 which people begged for and stood in a candle lit vigil. They could have made a killing and continued their ev program. They are stupid, foolish, and are just a bitch to the oil industry. They have lost to imports because they are foolish, lazy, stupid and shortsighted. They do not look at the long term. No vision for the future. Again, like so many american companies. What they need is get the old farts out and replace them all with new young visionary management. No joke. Former GM CEO Bob Lutz (putz I call him) is a climate change denier and he says on live tv on Mill Maher that 97 percent of scientists do not agree with climate change. Yes they do agree, that is a fact and easy to prove. Just look it up. DUH! He just can not acknowledge it or it would made him look more foolish. So as a result he looked foolish anyway denying a fact about what scientists actually have said which can be proven that they said, nothing to do with the validity of information that they gave when they did speak. For those who still do not grasp, We can prove what they said, even though what they said was debatable by fact or not. But for all those idiots still who debate what they said, what they have said has many times more evidence and facts to prove it then they need. Why else would such a majority agree. 3 percent will always exist who a either paid by special interests or bias. Just like how there are clueless people who still think the earth is flat etc.

@citetez

5 жыл бұрын

The problem with GM is that their car interiors smell like the plastic storage bin aisle at a Walmart.

@paxhumana2015

5 жыл бұрын

@@ariip , the GM EV 1 was hipster envirotard bullshit that ironically destroyed the environment far more than conventional vehicles and furthermore, even by the standards of current electric vehicles, it would have been behind even the Ford Model T in the terms of its successors, so killing off the EV 1 was actually a blessing in disguise, as it spurned people to spend more time to waste in polluting the environment even worse while all the time pretending to "care about the environment." Hippie vegan envirotard scum just need to be fed to cannibal tribes and solve two problems at once.

@abz124816

5 жыл бұрын

All you have to do is convince the GM executive board that you know more than they do and they will hire you to save the company. they will pay many millions to do that.

It's sad to see the Impala go... 60 years of production and this is the thanks it gets? Impala should have been a RWD sedan and given the SS treatment like the 94-96 cars...

@rabbidpotatoegaming4514

5 жыл бұрын

It was given that treatment and noone bought them.

@Impala-qp9cb

5 жыл бұрын

It did not get that treatment. GM gayed out and did the same thing they did with the GTO in the mid 2000s, imported a Holden and slapped GM badging and an LS in it. @@rabbidpotatoegaming4514

@samsquantch14

5 жыл бұрын

it wasnt in production for 70 solid years though...it went and returned several times

@waffle911

5 жыл бұрын

I'd like to think if they had introduced the Pontiac G8/Chevy SS (Holden Commodore) as the new Impala instead of its own niche model, the Impala might have had a future… But the new Impalas are much nicer to live with and sport much nicer interiors than the SS. In truth, I think this was inevitable. The large car segment has been fully functionally replaced by SUV's which have the perk of being macho station wagons. For a large sedan now, either you go for a luxury import or you get an Avalon. And let's face it, the Avalon was always the best option for the people who still bought large sedans - people looking for the last car they would ever drive: an old-school Buick but with bulletproof reliability that would literally outlive the owner with very little effort. For fun performance cars now, we pretty much only have muscle cars and compact sports cars, and those options have thinned out a bit over the last two decades.

@alberthdennis6704

5 жыл бұрын

So they have the fault and the Impala and the cruise have to pay her broken dishes ...

Cadillac Ct6 Cadillac Xts Buick Lacacrosse Chevrolet Volt Chevrolet Impala Chevrolet Cruze

@AwesomeCanadian212

5 жыл бұрын

That sucks about the Impala it's been around for years

@12799MaDeuce

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ojmardueno

5 жыл бұрын

Buick Lacacrosse? Is that related to the Buick Lacrosse? 0.o

@kubeanie18

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome all suck

@cleevensjoseph

5 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect the cruze & impala..why kill the volt after investing so much to begin with

I leased a 2015 Impala new & liked it so much I bought it when the lease was up. I drive from Ca. to AZ every week, and at 80mph it's only tacking 1800 rpm's and getting 30 mpg in absolute comfort. What a nice vehicle.

@sumott497

5 жыл бұрын

The complainers on this thread of the 12 modles and onward feel... like they aren't telling the whole story when they criticize. They like to leave out for example going 10k miles between oil changes.

@aprilnicolewillliams1132

5 жыл бұрын

Jerry Byars

I stopped buying GM cars years ago. Owned a Chevy Impala and constantly broke down. Bought a Toyota Camry never any issues, other than common maintenance. Sorry GM, you lost when your quality went down when the bailout happened.

@albertoarizpe4119

5 жыл бұрын

John I agree 100% I have a 97 T100 and is running real well with over 200 K miles. So why do I need a car payment?

@mountainmanws

5 жыл бұрын

I had a Toyota 4-Runner that lasted me 22 years. Very little trouble and easy to fix. I now have a 2005 Honda Pilot. Same track record. My introduction to GM was my new Chevy Monza I bought in 1977. After a few years, I almost had to tow this junk into the Toyota dealership. He gave me $300 for the heap which was $299.95 more than I thought it was worth. I miss my Toyota Truck. Be safe, John. Merry Christmas.

@deanbean2106

5 жыл бұрын

The quality was bad even before the bail out

@keithcollins7435

5 жыл бұрын

That is not true I have a 14 Chevy Malibu a great vehicle does not squeak or rattle. These are great highway vehicles and drive excellent in the rain. I see more older chevys still on highways than other vehicles

@jasonwulff8341

5 жыл бұрын

@@keithcollins7435 GM is the worst vehicle's made as far as quality. I hate the company and hope it goes under and stay's under!

I smell a 2019 recession

@froggodoggo79

5 жыл бұрын

I think GM and Ford are extreme downsizing because they're paranoid about a future recession, along with a desire to electrify their lineup from scratch.

@thare2597

5 жыл бұрын

It's coming because it's long overdue.

@medraut6599

5 жыл бұрын

@@froggodoggo79 Yep. Its been 10 years since the last one we're due for one in the relatively near future.

@whenibecamethesun..8759

5 жыл бұрын

Its happening right now

@whenibecamethesun..8759

5 жыл бұрын

@@froggodoggo79 fca dropped most of there cars a few years ago now...everyone is buying suvs and trucks

They should kill those Trax and Sonic before the Cruz and Impala. Come on GM!

@robsrandomness7824

5 жыл бұрын

I think the Sonic was already on the chopping block.

@curtisbrashaw7585

5 жыл бұрын

The trax is like a cheaper version of the encore, even though I dont have statistics, it likely sells well. I think it's kinda ugly but sales are sales, if it sells it sells, its sadly all about business these days

@renjia3504

5 жыл бұрын

@@curtisbrashaw7585 l worked in Chevy dealership treks are to look and and the inner console imo is wonky and reminds me of a bad version of a modern day mini van. Sonics have to be chopped bc I've yet to see 1 at any dealership even used

@carlosivanalamo2673

5 жыл бұрын

I think right now that Chevy Trax is outdated,ugly,boxy and not very appealing.The GM guys might give the ax to this name.Bye Bye.

@Sanpedranoazul

5 жыл бұрын

SUVs are more profitable to GM than sedans, sad but true

2005 GMC Envoy, worst car I've ever owned. GM did not stand behind it and only made recalls on it after milage exceeded recall limits. I'll never buy GM again.

@mariolt4940

5 жыл бұрын

I have one now with a bad timing chain. I'm so disappointed

price to high

I’m sure Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan are laughing their ass off

@corneliusechols3121

5 жыл бұрын

@Righteous my Nissan is just fine

@travelseatsyellowlab

5 жыл бұрын

They're garbage that sell.

@goergeibrahim6417

5 жыл бұрын

@Righteous I don't really agree

@samlung2724

5 жыл бұрын

They know its stupid to kill off sedans

@karlsmith4160

5 жыл бұрын

toyota is a UGLY piece of SHIT

This makes me so ANGRY, they are getting rid of the Impala which has been a Chevy icon for decades, but they are not getting rid of Chevy Spark which is basically made for a munchkin!!!! 😡😡🤬🤬

@willharris9139

5 жыл бұрын

i own a 2013 spark LT its better then any car ive ever owned and ive had toyotas hondas bmws and porsches

@juangil6252

5 жыл бұрын

Spark LT it's very nice car sir

@ryanchristensen1799

5 жыл бұрын

Spark is too damn small. Chevy Sonic is as small as a car should be. The spark is a death trap if you ever get into a wreck with a bigger vehicle.

@jerleydamaskinos5756

5 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA I AM DEAD AT THE WORD MUNCHKIN ANS THESE REPLIES

@timkeough4328

5 жыл бұрын

Colin Jelcin I agree

I have been in the retail car business for 41 years people do not want and will not want basic sedans anymore obviously some people will but it's a declining market it's funny the vehicle everybody wants now are hatchbacks and station wagons vans but they call them SUVs now days 😅 Over the long term gas prices are never going to go through the roof for any length of time again Between Technology improving fuel efficiency Oil reserves and electric cars demand is going to start dropping off trucks and SUVs of all sizes are the future for the next 15 or 20 years that's the facts

@jlandon6028

5 жыл бұрын

Basically people feel safer in larger vehicles and they are easier to get in and out of especially if you're older. Not to mention fuel prices long term will be much lower as gasoline becomes obsolete.

It seems to me that the only sedans and coupes that are selling in the modern era are the sportier, retro inspired models like the Dodge Charger/Challenger, Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, etc. Even the luxury market is dominated by contemporary SUVs. If GM were serious about selling sedans, they would reintroduce a retro inspired version of the Pontiac GTO or Chevy Chevelle SS to compete with the likes of the Charger... and you KNOW the Trans Am/Firebird would be a HUGE HIT! Of course, when weighing risk vs. reward, the bean counters are always going to play it safe.

@abz124816

5 жыл бұрын

would you be willing to bet your money on your assumptions?

@nemesisxrox6773

5 жыл бұрын

they wouldn't rebirth any 'poncho' now that they dumped the line … too bad thou - a Firebird and Goat would sell well as would a Chevelle BUT one things a for sure IF GM would ever rebirth a GTO ... it had best resemble the 65-67 or 68-72 ... not that shitbox that came afterwards (lol). But of course their engineers of today couldn't possibly get those 65-67 body lines sculpted as they were - that's like askin' for a new '57 Chevy Bel Air … gone forever.

@steveyoung4015

5 жыл бұрын

very good points, Scott

@ScottGiorgini

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, @@steveyoung4015!

@cocabrown2009

5 жыл бұрын

great idea retro gto! the bean counters don*t have the authority to run gm into the ground thats executive greed all the way.

RIP Chevy Impala . Another large comfortable American sedan bites the dust.

@FullyAutomatic223s

5 жыл бұрын

Large sedan?! After 1996, them shits were mid size..

@hamonrye7415

5 жыл бұрын

Those cars are nice :(

@jacobyo99

5 жыл бұрын

@rayboi33 the 2018 impala is 201.3 inches long, which classifies it as a full size sedan. For comparison, the malibu is 193, which makes it on the slightly bigger side of midsize.

@Sig721Tau

5 жыл бұрын

@rayboi33 What are you, a stupid snowflake trumptard? Lol

@john12892

5 жыл бұрын

@@FullyAutomatic223s Have you been in a Chevy Impala after the 2006 model? They were full sized vehicles. The 1998-2005 models were mid-sized (as were the Ford Taurus' for some reason), which I think is what you are referring too.

I hate this “crossover trend”

@Yondaily

5 жыл бұрын

CarPro2003 lol trust me you’re not alone I hope 🤞 gas prices goes up so cars can come back hate crossover and suvs especially the Chevy equinox it’s ugly as hell!

@jordan.1746_

5 жыл бұрын

yonda ila And they ruined the Blazer name plate by making it a crossover

@1301407gl

5 жыл бұрын

Well the question is whether it's a trend or something more permanent

@Carguy-ty6mi

5 жыл бұрын

Tbh iv never liked minivans but id drive a minivan over a crossover anyday lmao

@10tenman10

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, I have a dog. SUVs and crossovers are the only easy way to take him anywhere.

If you have that many separate vehicles that you can just cut them, and still have a variety, that's your problem. They had 19 separate "cars," and 15 separate SUV/Crossover vehicles. That's just too many options to have true variety between models. You're only getting small variations between vehicles at that point. The better option is to reduce the models, and offer the most desired features of the ones you're dropping as options on the remaining models. That's the concept that many foreign companies have followed. Subaru-13 models total. Honda really only has 13 models. Hyundai has 8 models. Ford has a total of 26. And that's counting things like the Econoline vans (typically for work), and the Raptors, Shelby Mustangs, and the true sport models. The real issue is an oversaturation of models.

Engineers at Chevy need to step up their designs... Too many little issues in my past 5 GMs... O2 sensor, ignition cylinder, tpms sensor, ac compressor, engine selenoid, light sensor, oil in the coolant!!! , etc... I bought my 3rd Honda now

@simonpylant8232

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree

@barnes-howardhuntingteam2141

5 жыл бұрын

I fully agree. They need to step up with reliability and put more horsepower and torque in their vehicles. Everyone is killing them in that department. If they can't make them as stylish as others then at least let them from the factory blow the doors off everyone else but still be affordable.

@Marchant2

5 жыл бұрын

I never buy American because of all the reliability annoyances.

@Pfsif

5 жыл бұрын

To the accountants at Chevy, the cars are perfect.

@steveyoung4015

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, most of those parts you listed were made in China................

I think GM is making a mistake here. Not everyone wants a SUV nowadays and when the prices of gasoline skyrocket again, people will be wanting their cars and not their larger SUVs and trucks. Cars also handle a lot better than the taller SUVs. I would rather drive my 16 year old Monte Carlo than my mom's Equinox. The handling is way better, because your center of gravity is lower. GM should have lowered their high prices on everything. Maybe then their sedans would have sold better.

@ShmuelWeintraub

5 жыл бұрын

It does seem strange that they are following Ford so quickly into the no-sedan pit. I wonder if there won't be replacement models coming in 2020/21 built from the ground p to be hybrids or electric only? It's true that suburban clans like crossovers, and that awd crossovers rule in northern states.... but there are lot's of states and car buyers where neither of those things are a factor. Why would automakers abandon them?

@spareparts7630

5 жыл бұрын

@Lloyd Bonafide This is stupid. You have to spend $70k on an SRT to outhandle an average sedan. Lets compare the same price point vehicles and you find us a good handling SUV. SUVs are todays iteration of station wagons. They're made to haul shit around. Compared to a similarly priced car they are slower, handle worse, stop worse, and use more fuel.

@brettonbrulotte1186

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't that the point? You don't buy new cars, your mom does.

@SuperBooboo02

5 жыл бұрын

youre so right not everyone wants an suv box or a pickup.....remember 2010 when gas hit 5.00 a gallon? They couldn't unload those suvs and trucks fast enough..and personally they all look alike....just when theyre starting to get the sedan right, they kill them, smart move.....

@SuperBooboo02

5 жыл бұрын

you are so right I don't care if the word sport is in the name, there is nothing sporty about a box to move shit on wheels....what happened to individuality and styling...you cant style a box....now these crappy suvs are all techy and no substance...just crap....

Dont kill the impala. Classic nameplate. Make it a musclecar to compete with the challenger

@Impala-qp9cb

5 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly how Gm is screwing up with the Impala. The beach boys sang a song 409 and it was about the damn car

@marklion315

5 жыл бұрын

@@Impala-qp9cb Well, the Chevy SS existed up until a couple years ago if you wanted a full size sedan, with manual, RWD and 400 horses. It didn't sell well..

@jaylawson01

5 жыл бұрын

@@marklion315 It was really a Holden of course. And styling wasn't that great.

@bodegaboys7475

5 жыл бұрын

John Phillips SS was a lot smaller than the impala.

@luiscouto6543

5 жыл бұрын

bodegaboys which Ss ? The fwd is much smaller the older ones are bigger and heavier yet the Ss back seat is just as big

Own 2017 Impala. Great car! It is our gas/road trip car. Gets awesome highway mileage of 29 mpg to 37mpg. Even mountain trip, car delivered 29 mpg. Best tank was level ground at 60 mph. City mpg is 16 to 19. Comfy ride and huge trunk with level fold down seats! Nice car when we go out with another couple - a real full-size rear seat. Easy in, easy out. Sad that this platform is going away. It is the 3.6 liter V-6. Ken

@bloqk16

5 жыл бұрын

@ Diane Zear . . . and I can imagine when fast acceleration was needed, that your Impala served you well. I had a 2017 rental unit for a roadtrip, and its acceleration performance was an equal to some 1960s era muscle cars I'm familiar with. And back in the 1960s, such muscle-car performance required premium gasoline, with 12 ~ 15 mpg, with a ride that could not equal that of the 2017 Impala; and rarely did those muscle-cars came equipped with AC. The trunk capacity of that 2017 Impala rental car was magnificent!

I have been thinking about this all week, ever since the news broke. I can honestly say that I haven't even looked at a GM car even a little bit in the last 8 years. Now I hate SUV's with the fiery passion of 1000 suns, but I don't think that sedans are going anywhere. I think that the reason that GM, along with Ford, are dumping their Sedans is because they can't compete with the majority of import brands that all produce exceedingly better cars, and the real funny things is that they have for YEARS. Companies like Toyota, Honda, and Datson(Nissan) all took off in the 70's, because they built better cars than anything that the Detroit 3 could make, unless it was a 400hp land yacht. It sucks that GM is closing 5 Plants, and laying off 15,000 people, but the reason is because people are not buying the cars that are being made at these factories, not because they aren't good cars, but because they still aren't as good as the cars from Toyota and Honda.

@south301976

4 жыл бұрын

And chevy thinks there cars are worth top dollar.

Not killing the Malibu instead of the Cruze is the stupidest decision they've ever made. The Malibu barely sells, the Cruze is an excellent first car to purchase.

@WALTERBROADDUS

5 жыл бұрын

Rental sales keep the Malibu going. As far as first cars go? That is issue two. A generation of Uber users rather than car buying.

@allthatsheiz

5 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree. Malibus sell as both fleet and personal cars. I have one myself. Its a good car

@BenKuyt64

5 жыл бұрын

@@allthatsheiz Cruzes also sell as fleet vehicles. I have a Cruze, also a great car, never had any issues with it that weren't either expected to happen or cheap. The Cruze was selling better in regular customer sales than the Malibu was, that's a definite.

@waffle911

5 жыл бұрын

Cruze is an okay first car to purchase until you try almost anything else in its segment. It doesn't hold a candle to the competition and I've driven most of them. If I wanted something that boring I'd get a Corolla. My rental Cruze was so disappointing to drive I kept wishing it was a Civic or Mazda 3, or at the very least a Focus.

@terrencebenjamin7241

5 жыл бұрын

WALTERBROADDUS they sell more personal than fleet. Gm drastically reduced their feet sales.

What killed the impala was when GM went to the new platform front wheel drive only and that old school impala was rear wheel drive with real power....

@rodneylanders2609

5 жыл бұрын

False...The 10th gen impala was faster and has more horsepower that the 94 impala ss

@jaylawson01

5 жыл бұрын

@@rodneylanders2609 Just got one. It's scary how quickly I'm at 50 MPH in a 35 MPH zone and I don't realize it. Phenomenal car.

@rodneylanders2609

5 жыл бұрын

@Jay Lawson i have one too...this is an amazing car . I'm just so disappointed that GM is killing the best large car they have made in decades.Its been top rated in consumers reports magazine which was notorious for hating GM cars. I think gm is making a big mistake.

@musclebone7875

5 жыл бұрын

That's true. I own a 550hp '68 Impala. True full size muscle

@Cdubp01

5 жыл бұрын

xrcrx ftfghjg Too thirsty? What? My 300hp 3.6 Impala gets 30mpg highway! How is that too thirsty?

American made will never come back to it's former glory of the 60's. Now it is mostly tied to rust box shit cars like the Ford Pinto, GM's Plastic super noisy Saturns and a slew of spin off's using the same body with different colour paint. A Toyota Camry will go 300K km's without a hitch, Honda Civic and Accord will do the same. I used to love Chevy's and Olds and Pontiac but after the mid seventy's they fell off a cliff with quality, fit and finish which could not match the Jap's. Sad story.

Good times ahead for Camry Accord Optima Ultima & sonata as all of its US competitors are going away . As a car guy I’m sorry to see cars go away .

They’re also closing their plant in Oshawa Ontario. Folks around here are upset to say the least.

@bradleycross

5 жыл бұрын

Yes thats sad and I can relate, but was quality the focus or job retention?

@Orginal_Sinner

5 жыл бұрын

I know how that feels. I've worked at 4 ford plants. I hope that something works out

@CmonsterFreak

5 жыл бұрын

alloverx the plant in Oshawa has been known for it’s quality and productivity so my guess is that General Motors is just trying to save money by moving the labour somewhere cheaper like Mexico

@Welcometofacsistube

5 жыл бұрын

Brandon McBehan you can thank unions for that

@williamarden5441

5 жыл бұрын

Yes tha5s why I would tax the shot out of any big 3 company shutting plants down for the US and Canada, while leaving the Juno overseas open 😡

One of my Family Members leased a 2013 Chevy Cruze LT and it got excellent fuel economy and it was roomy. Am I the only American who still enjoys driving sedans and coupes?

@orbitalair2103

5 жыл бұрын

nope. my camry IS boring, but my daughters Corolla is fun, the S model with tight suspension and sunroof. I rather enjoy a simple, cheap, economical car. But heck the new Corolla starts at like $21-22k and goes up from there.

@davetheitguy4516

5 жыл бұрын

@Robert Schneider -- You're not the only one. I bought a 1999 Oldsmobile 88 Anniversary Edition last year. Found one with only 61k miles on it. Driving it feels like I'm floating across the road in my bed. I love it. Doesn't get the gas mileage a little Honda Civic does ... but it gets better than any SUV on the market does. (Except maybe those little Honda CRVs with 4-bangers in them, but I don't much care for the CRV. No head-room for a tall guy like me.)

@jabom99

5 жыл бұрын

Chevy Cruze is mostly made in Korea. Even the engine parts are made there and the car is assembled in the US. Honda builds cars in North America and the engines are built from scratch at an engine block foundry in the States. Toyota Camry has much higher N. American content than Cruze.

@waffle911

5 жыл бұрын

Rented a new Cruze hatchback and the whole weekend I was wishing desperately it could be more like the Focus. The Focus is so much better to drive it's almost unreal. Then you consider the Focus is handily outclassed by the Civic and Mazda 3 and I could never seriously consider buying a Cruze if I was in the market for a compact. The money is in crossovers, and the lower margin passenger car segments have too much competition from vastly superior offerings from foreign makes.

@smamq

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, you're not the only one. My fam and I have always been driving Sedans; SUVs are nice, have better visibility and a lot are AWD vs the sedans in general, but high center of gravity and fuel economy sways me away from them

got screwed over by gm back in 94 and have not and will never buy another gm car or truck with some luck they will start selling cows and chickens or maybe firewood

@abz124816

5 жыл бұрын

Man, you really know how to hold a grudge. Are you married? :)

@mc4492

5 жыл бұрын

abz124816 🤣😂 Fuuunny...

@NaYawkr

5 жыл бұрын

GM's boss is turning away from traditional vehicles and ramping up production for transgenders and gays.

@jimshaw2968

5 жыл бұрын

Ditto. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!

@johnf7365

5 жыл бұрын

@@NaYawkr hahaha 😂😂😂😂

I have a 2014 Chevy Cruze turbo diesel, and I love that little turbo. I also got 59.5 mpg driving conservatively on the highway.

Execs at honda , toyota , nissan , are laughing with joy right now...

@ChickenC0re

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe at Honda and Toyota. The Nissan Sentra is a bad car, that's been due for a refresh for a very long time. Even their own execs think it's where they can improve the most ... except you hear nothing about them updating it. That model may be on the chopping block next.

@Shakerhood69

5 жыл бұрын

Sedan sales are down for all of them.

@williamlopez4867

5 жыл бұрын

Yutube SuspendedMyAccount 😂😂😂

@bobbyraejohnson

5 жыл бұрын

Ya just wait till they steal the market and they will have no excuses they will get to comfortable.

@CaptainCJ97

5 жыл бұрын

Your name tho

The "American" car industry is crumbling. I'ts pathetic.

5 жыл бұрын

Blame globalization

@Aaron-tv7jo

5 жыл бұрын

@@crowchillingpark and everyone claimed that fucken Trump would stop this bull shit. I'm definitely not happy I voted for that piece of shit.

@Techno4more

5 жыл бұрын

Well, here in Texas, you see at least 50% pick up trucks on the road at any given time. I like sedans for the fuel economy and ability to transport 5 or 6 people cheaply . Also they last long and easy to maintain

I'm going to miss the Chevy impala when it's been killed off the production line of General motors

If Cadillac did a retro full sized sedan they would sell many thousands of them. Example 1985 Fleetwood Brougham with modern tech I'd buy one in a second

@Coupydog

5 жыл бұрын

1985 Coupe DeVille, properly named, not given alphabet abbreviations. Remember when this was changing in late 1990's starting with Seville STS? Then they dropped "Seville" & carried just the STS. The new ATS ( here we go again) Coupe V6 coulda been the new Eldorado.

@davidsole6051

5 жыл бұрын

@@Coupydog yes your right why not keep Eldorado

@mariolt4940

5 жыл бұрын

Yes but it would cost $100,000

A sad day in American automotive history along with less cars means more layoffs, Merry Christmas

@bryano711

5 жыл бұрын

@Righteous Jesus is a fictional character......

@bakermayfield6hunnitdan6er24

5 жыл бұрын

Righteous no one said anything about Jesus. Most people say merry Christmas around Christmas time because 90% of people who celebrate Christmas celebrate on the 25th because that’s when the calendar day is.

@jamesdunn9714

5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Trump going to increase American manufacturing? The idiot can't fix, do, accomplish anything.

@bryano711

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesdunn9714 I gotta say I'm pretty impressed with trump. A man with little hands has dug himself in quite a hole lol

@Xachremos

5 жыл бұрын

@@jamesdunn9714 found the uninformed leftist. Trump has accomplish a hell of a lot more than Obama.

I hate that GM and Ford are killing off all their cars and I absolutely hate crossover suvs. I think they're both shooting themselves in the foot here. Sure, gas is cheap now but what happens when it inevitably goes up again and all GM and Ford have to offer are gas guzzling trucks and SUVs? It's basically going to be the 70s all over again.

@SuperBooboo02

5 жыл бұрын

or 2010 when gas hit 5.00 a gallon and the cruze was selling like 300,000 a year....

@wreality4712

5 жыл бұрын

Ford and GM are giving people what they want. Then once it crashes they will come back with the cheap sedans. Simple

Garbage Motors products suck mansack, have since day 1, this just sucks for the 14,000 folks losing their jobs....

@bmw803

3 жыл бұрын

GM has good vehicles as much as bad ones. The VOLT, BOLT and most of their trucks are relatively good vehicles. Sure, in the 90's and early 2000's they were producing pure garbage. Barra seems to be steering GM in the right direction, but it's gonna take some time for the company to turn around.

Am I the only one that prefers a sedan because of the trunk? I actually hate the liftgates on crossovers because when they open up you have to step back and literally craw into the rear storage to put stuff away. Also, good luck trying to open the liftgate if your are in a garage and it hits the ceiling or if you are on street parking and it can't open all the way because of a car parked behind you. With a sedan trunk on the other hand, I don't have step back to open the trunk, the trunk doesn't require any space above or behind it to open, and with a sedans trunk, I can just drop my stuff directly into the storage like I am putting something in chest opposed to trying to climb into the back to drop off/retrieve storage. Just my two cents

It would be interesting to see how sales for Toyota, Honda and Nissan cars reacting to the Big 3 leaving the car market.

@multivisao

5 жыл бұрын

David N have you looked at them? Sales are down across the board for all the sedans...it won’t be long before the J3 follows the D3 - I predict 2020

@davidn5861

5 жыл бұрын

@@multivisao That could be true.

@mikeperez5567

5 жыл бұрын

Dodge is still here with the charger

@christopherdavis9787

5 жыл бұрын

I would expect the sales for the Dodge Charger to skyrocket.

@mikeperez5567

5 жыл бұрын

@@christopherdavis9787 Yeah

This SUV and crossover craze is starting to get annoying

@thoof2001

5 жыл бұрын

Starting??

@lewistasso8866

5 жыл бұрын

So are the owners...especially the ones that should be riding bike nevermind a full size SUV!

@fwh79FOXR6

5 жыл бұрын

@@lewistasso8866 You are exactly right. Never underestimate the EGO factor.

@cobrar5161

5 жыл бұрын

Just like the crypto boom,where you could not find a graphics card for decent price.

@CWINDOWSsystem32

5 жыл бұрын

@@Olds_Pwr Nah, station wagons are awesome. Crossovers are completely different.

Can y’all not act like the XTS LACROSSE and IMPALA aren’t the same car

@CuriousKL

5 жыл бұрын

I agree like no shit!

Impala and volt are both shocking. The volt is an excellent vehicle. I felt like it was the perfect compromise between green electric and long term use. Shame to see it go. And Impala? One of the most recognizable nameplates GM has, been around longer than the Silverado, suburban, Yukon... just sucks.

@steveyoung4015

5 жыл бұрын

the Volt was a stupidly overpriced and under-engineered, technologically behind-the-curve design. should have been shelved long ago.........

@PlymouthNeon

4 жыл бұрын

remember the EV1?

The cruze really shocks me. This car had so much potential. I think its a giant mistake for american manufacturers to start ditching the small cars. Theyre just giving japan and germany the compact car market.

@Novusod

5 жыл бұрын

Also the Koreans have great small cars. They are going to take over the market because GM and Ford giving up without a fight.

@richardbostan4286

5 жыл бұрын

American companies have never really had much interest in the small car market. It never has been their forte. In traditional American car culture, a small car is practically "un-American" even as a concept.

@renehinojosa1962

5 жыл бұрын

I bought a nice Cruze a couple years ago and lost it in a flood in Houston. It was reliable, nimble, and was very dependable on the open road as a long range commuter car. Never once did it leave me stranded on the highway. Drove it for 3 years, 2.5 hours each way, 2-3 times a week. Logged many miles on it. GM is making a serious mistake with this car by letting it go.

@House_of_Schmidt

5 жыл бұрын

@@richardbostan4286 thats true but they never invested much in them. If they invested some development energy into a small car, i think theyd see the returns.

@ThatColtGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Josh Schmidt yea but same with Ford if you notice they stopped selling the Ford Focus

i own a gen one volt. 2013. Never been back to the dealership. Most reliable car ive owned.

@ItsNotAProblem

5 жыл бұрын

The Volt really is a good car, surprising that it comes from GM.

@kalashnikov1343

5 жыл бұрын

It's only 5 years old dude. Lol. No car should have to be towed to a shop after 5 years if you take care of it!

i have a 2011 Cruze. lt has leaked every liquid that it has. the car when purchased got me 38 mpg on the highway. i now have 70,000 the mileage has dropped too 32mpg. thank god for extended warranties. but i still like the car.

The Chevy Cruze’s engine stop-start feature nearly got my brother and his kids killed four times in the first couple months before he forced the dealership to take the car back. He would let off the brake to turn and it would stall, he lived on a major highway in a small town at the time...

these American companies finding excuses that sedans are not selling well, but come on, look at Camry, toyota is selling Camry like hot cakes... US brands need to start to make more reliable cars!

@lawrencef4937

5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately that is just not true. GM's biggest sellers are trucks and SUVs. It makes perfect business sense to focus on core competencies and increase profits while reducing costs.

@emeraldages

5 жыл бұрын

TOyota has spent 30 years building the camry name so it'll always sell. Rav4 is only 10k units behind.

@lawrencef4937

5 жыл бұрын

@@emeraldages yes it will always sell. I travel 50 weeks a year and drive rentals more than my personal. Toyotas are relaiable yes, but it feels like I'm driving my refrigerator down the street every time I get in one. The chevys at least were comfortable, offered great infotainment systems, had a unique personality, and didnt break my armsreaching 5 feet for the seek button in the Toyota

@rightwingsafetysquad9872

5 жыл бұрын

Ford and GM do make reliable cars. They both scored better than Honda on Consumer Reports last 2 studies and the only 3 worse than Nissan were Chrysler, Dodge, and Fiat (Jeep and RAM did better than the rest of FCA). Kia, Hyundai, and Porsche all effectively tied for first with barely half the issues of Toyota, which came in 4th barely beating Ford.

@bobbyraejohnson

5 жыл бұрын

@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 I think American cars are fine I just think people are dumb.

GM should've been making the Impala a RWD sedan & maybe made a coupe SS model.

@t436

5 жыл бұрын

They had a RWD Impala but called it Caprice and made it non Civilian available new.

@medraut6599

5 жыл бұрын

They had the SS and while i liked it, it didn't sale.

@t436

5 жыл бұрын

Angel Garcia it was for nascar so they had no real intent on commercials for it.

@anonmouse2809

5 жыл бұрын

Heaven forbid they should make an Impala coupe... it might takeaway sales from their crossovers!!

My dad had a 2011 Impala and I nearly shed a tear when I herd it was being discontinued because it has such a great legacy and the 1965 or 1964 Impala has over 1,000,000 units sold

If the goal is to preserve US jobs, then an informed consumer is the best defense. If you decode the VIN number, the first two characters identify the vehicle final assembly location; 1G = assembled in USA, 2G = assembled in Canada, 3G = assembled in Mexico. GM plans to bring the Chevy Cruze built in Mexico to supply the 100K + sales after closing the Lordstown assembly plant which builds the Cruze today. If the consumer asked the dealer for a new Cruze assembled in the USA, and they can only offer the built in Mexico vehicle, then maybe a better option would be the Chevy Sonic which is assembled in Michigan’s Orion plant. GM will pay attention if inventory levels increase due to no sales. And I am sure the good workers at Orion assembly would welcome the added sales.

I work at gm and i feel like getting rid of the cruze was a mistake it was a decent entry level car, the ct6 shouldn’t be taken away either its the one that people try to reach for but cant get so they get something else within gm, and the lacrosse is actually a pretty damn good car

@liberalweirdo7886

5 жыл бұрын

Simon Voura agreed. That’s Cadillacs problem though. Extremely short sighted. They haven’t had a true flagship since the mid 80s if not longer ago I’d say. They don’t realize what wonders the S class and 7 series did for sales of lesser models of Mercedes and BMW. Cadillac doesn’t seem to learn though no matter how much time goes by.

@mattblaster1470

5 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. I like the Cruze. I was planning on getting one after I got out of college.

@redscorpion757

5 жыл бұрын

Honestly it's the trades, the tariffs is what hurt GM they said this past summer look it up,someone f that up for you guys its sad where losing good cars and people

@randysmith8604

5 жыл бұрын

The diesel version is redicoulsy over priced. The models that I looked at when I was going to buy a cruise all were too much money for that car. When you could get a civic or Corolla for several thousands less. It no wonder they didn't sell.

@Lifeof728

5 жыл бұрын

Overpriced junk.

When Ford announced they were dropping their car lineup, I was like, hey here's a perfect chance for GM to gain a good portion of their market share. You have plenty of people who will want an American sedan and outside of Charger and 300 from Chrysler, GM would be your only choice. Now GM does the same thing before Ford actually ceases production of those cars and they'll never know the market share increase they could have enjoyed. Likely enough to save the lineup.

@ericwood3709

5 жыл бұрын

It makes you wonder. Are stupid SUVs and crossovers really that popular? If so, how long will that popularity actually last?

@tmytco7664

5 жыл бұрын

When Ford and FCA decided to leave the car market, it wasn't to create a void for GM to step into. It was displacement created by the better performing Japanese companies.

@duster0066

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta look deeper. It seems this is a world wide thing, and oil prices wont matter. It's always been this way outside the US. People want a box that seats half a dozen and gets good mileage. Bottom line is the car lines don't make enough profit to pay for the R&D for updates and facelifts let alone an entire new chassis. No one wants a car anymore, and they go unsold. It sucks, but makes sense with new high mileage tech.

@ShadyO-e

5 жыл бұрын

Rest assured the asians are gonna be on it watch when gas prices go up camry's accord civics corollas everywhere .

@shookistheblaine8521

5 жыл бұрын

At least Buick still has the Regal, even though it isn’t a real sedan

I think some of the reasons people aren't buying the Volt is that they are hard to find. When you do find one, the sales staff don't understand what they are selling and think it's a GM Prius. Then when you can finally buy one and need it serviced, the service staff don't understand them and the parts take a long time to arrive.

The impala was promising 😐 we loved it in california, its a bona fide' hood car! You'd think with the restructuring, GM could weather low sales with quality

I own a 2018 Cruze sedan with the manual transmission, paid $12K out the door and have put 11k miles, no issues, I get around 40mpg constantly and sad to see it go.

@TheJ602

5 жыл бұрын

GM probably looses money on everyone sold.

@willharris9139

5 жыл бұрын

ever driven a Cruze SS? way nicer car

They are closing the Cruze Plant in Lordstown, Ohio. This plant has made cavaliers and cobalts and cruzes for many years and has been an anchor employer that used to employ 4500 people and supported ancillary business as well. They were down to one shift and 1500 people lately and now closing. It’s really sad that GM can’t spread the love and bring some SUV production to the hard working people in this area.

@bowlingmatt1

5 жыл бұрын

Here in Dayton, Oh we felt the crunch back when the closed the S-10 truck/suv plants, Delphi and other auxillary businesses decades ago.

@decapitofamily3410

5 жыл бұрын

Lordstown needs the plant, sad to see that, hopefully a temporary shutdown

@AndrewLenhardt

5 жыл бұрын

buicks are made in china and korea now

@gtasandman

5 жыл бұрын

The cruze is the only car i think should not be axed, As a rental they do very well in our fleet i would personally own one.

@Lrules364

5 жыл бұрын

Andrew Lenhardt yup. And this is the reason they no longer need lordstown. Why pay a wrench monkey $35 an hour when a china worker will do it for $2 a day?

I’m an older guy who is suffering from arthritis in my legs and getting into an SUV is nearly impossible. I had just talked my wife into looking at a larger sedan. She always liked the SUV’s and it’s been hard to sell her on a sedan. Now that she’s willing to give it a look so I can drive a vehicle they decide to quit making them. I know Toyota is making the Avalon and right now they seem to be committed to continue making them but they’re driven by sales, if they don’t sell they may just quit making them too. Sucks to be crippled with arthritis.

A friend of mine had a Chevy Volt and it was nothing but headaches. He traded it in on a Honda Hybrid.

Toyota must be very happy when they heard GM is killing their sedans!!!

@willharris9139

5 жыл бұрын

great now everyone will be driving a camry

@Patchuchan

5 жыл бұрын

Same with VW and FCA they're going to sell a lot of Passats and Chargers.

@rogerstarkey5390

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Toyota *were* happy, until they realised that Tesla is killing Toyota sedans.

@rogerstarkey5390

5 жыл бұрын

@@willharris9139 No.

@samlung2724

5 жыл бұрын

@@rogerstarkey5390 Nice joke. Good luck with maintinence on that thing in the used car market. I don't like toyota for their cheap plastic crap feeling interiors but i would rather drive a Toyota than a tesla.

So Chevy redesigns the Impala then stops making it?

@Frost517

5 жыл бұрын

CoastEpPlays did the same with the volt lacrosse and Malibu and for Christ sake the ct6 was all new a couple years ago. These people are not smart. Last time the suv boom ended with 2008 and a return to sedans and small cars. Hopefully we aren’t near the end of the economic cycle for the sake of GM and Fords asses.

@bluepersuasion4365

5 жыл бұрын

Frost Ford and GM need to get it together, when this crossover trend ends (hopefully soon) everyone is going to be scrambling to start back up the sedans that they canceled. First Ford discontinues all of its sedans and now GM. I’m sick of the crossover trend.

@AlasdairGreig

5 жыл бұрын

The reason GM is getting rid of the Cruze, Impala and Lacrosse is a simple one They a facelift of vehicles designed by GM Europe (Opel/Vauxhall) which has been sold to Peugeot/Citroen, and is likely part of the sale that some GM EU platforms have to be discontinued

@JRCody-ds3ec

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. In my opinion, the new Chevy cars look so good, especially the impala

@williscurry6557

5 жыл бұрын

@@sogren1754 Impala IS expensive. & gets terrible traction in any kind of bad weather.

I drive the previous generation Cruze ECO. I love the car and think it was so undersold. Getting as high as 58 mpg on a daily drive to work, I could not be happier. It is comfortable and fairly quiet. Some folks feel that marketing has been lacking.

Wait, GM mismanaged their company AGAIN? Who would has guessed.

GM is getting out of the luxury sedan market. They are also giving up on mid-size near luxury sedans (Impala, LaCrosse) So...what will define GM's auto divisions in the future? Meanwhile, Toyota, Kia/Hyundia, are jumping for joy as their mid-size cars will sell more.

@chltmdwp

5 жыл бұрын

Impala is not even a luxury car.

@shadowwolfmandan

5 жыл бұрын

Looking at the numbers, Toyota and Hyundai sell a lot of crossovers. As for GM cars, you still have the small subcompacts, and the midsize Malibu, plus the performance lines of Camara/Corvette. Then you move to Buick and their low-end 'sporty' cars are still around and Cadillac still has the ATS and the CTS.

@Lrules364

5 жыл бұрын

Dan Rein give it about 6 months. Everything but large suv's and crossovers will be wiped off "new GMs" portfolio in the US. Now that they won have a stake in Opel anymore, 'buick' may as well die off in the states. 3 of their vehicles already come directly from overseas. This is the final stage for this company. They no longer care. "New GM" will die a horrible death. And I wont bail them out.

@atx-cvpi_99

5 жыл бұрын

As for Ford, you only got the Mustang which is not a sedan.

@rightwingsafetysquad9872

5 жыл бұрын

@@shadowwolfmandan GM canceled the sub-compacts last year. I haven't seen a new Sonic on a dealer lot in a few months and they're just working through leftover inventory of Sparks.

Not everyone wants an SUV. SUV’s are more expensive than sedans anyway. Not every car buyer has kids to drive around in so an SUV might cumbersome to some people

@AdamSmith-gs2dv

5 жыл бұрын

Actually older people like crossovers because they are easy to get in and out of

@curtisbrashaw7585

5 жыл бұрын

Not all SUVs are kid haulers the encore has 5 seats like a sedan, and so does the equinox, trax, xt4, xt5, and the envision or what ever its called

@john12892

5 жыл бұрын

SUV's and crossovers are a really bad fad that needs to die as quickly as possible.

@celsovera91

5 жыл бұрын

Curtis Brashaw Yeah but they cost more than regular car is what if you want to get a car for your kid

@jartist2918

5 жыл бұрын

@@celsovera91 Get a deal during the promotions especially in Dec & Jan just save up a lil more

Maybe if they made cars like Toyota and Honda the last 300,000 miles people would buy more Chevys

@artfordlowery490

5 жыл бұрын

Chris t it's difficult to manufacture autos when you have a great power UAW telling you how much to pay, how to manufacture , HONDA, TOYOTA DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH PROBLEMS.

@michaelcalvitto3871

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you noticed the amount of 30 year old Honda's and Toyota's that aren't all over the roads. Do a car count . You will notice that they are not all lasting out there.

@bradleblanc2336

5 жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly! Have always driven GM. If you can afford to do $1-3K in maintenance yearly on the Hondas, Toyotas ect then you may get 300K. I have three GM,s that have between 210-320 km with minimal maintenance costs

@Kureni

5 жыл бұрын

my father's first car was a buick - car didn't even last 80k miles till the engine and other critical parts keeps falling apart and spending way too much money constantly repairing it. switched over a toyota corolla and lasted over 230k miles / 17 years before we finally sold it to someone when the A/C finally broke but the car still ran great with just regular maintenance.

@tatialo37

4 жыл бұрын

I drive a 93 Civic and it is still runs great!!! 300k miles!

People are not buying them because they’re too damn expensive not because they don’t like them.

More stupidity from GM....100K worth of Cruzes sold I think we should stop selling it. Hey we can always get another bailout !

@williscurry6557

5 жыл бұрын

They got Trump mad at em right now for making him look like a complete fool with the tax pkg they took. So They may NoT get a bailout. But then again were a nation of Idiots & fall for anything. So who knows. Dont worry "The jobs are all coming back" D.T

@hochhaul

5 жыл бұрын

They're doing this to avoid a financial disaster. Just like Ford cancelled all of their sedans and is planning on firing 20,000 peoplein the next year. Unlike Ford, GM isn't cancelling all of their sedans, just the 6 announced the other day.

@Anon1mous

5 жыл бұрын

3/4 of which probably went to rentals and govt fleets.

@warpmine1761

5 жыл бұрын

@@williscurry6557 Trump didn't give that bailout money to them so it was Obama and those that voted for the Marxist shit that was the fool.

@u2mister17

5 жыл бұрын

@@williscurry6557 American, I mean domestic Auto Makers, are being killed, KILLED by the UAW. Ford and GM pay 1 Billion Dollars a year to retired union members. That's something the Honda, Toyota and Nissan's of the world laugh their ass off about. GM is a failed company as of 2008. Buy Ford and amputate GM because GM will be asking for more taxpayer money very soon.

Japan is kicking Detroit's butt... nothing new about that.

@koolkitties8552

5 жыл бұрын

So is Korea

@DEADLY_HUMAN

5 жыл бұрын

@@koolkitties8552 Korea makes shit cars just looks good because of body design

@Alan62651

5 жыл бұрын

DEADLY - Korea introduced the 10-year warrantee.

@Alan62651

5 жыл бұрын

Righteous - Marketing = Lipstick on a pig.

@kshitijmehrotra6022

5 жыл бұрын

@@DEADLY_HUMAN couldn't agree more. Extremely flashy surface elements. Equally rotten underpinnings and powertrains.

inherited my grandad's 72 Chevelle he bought new. I only drive it during the summer but I remember riding in it as a kid to Florida several times. It still runs great and has character. Oh, it has manual windows and never an issue with windows getting stuck halfway up or down.

I haven't owned a 'sedan' type car since '96 and I bought it in '87. Vans, Trucks, SUVs, Crossovers, and Sports Cars.

In my eyes the last year GM made an Impala was 1996. American muscle will always sell just ask Dodge .

@branon6565

5 жыл бұрын

Adrin Price...that was just a rebadged Caprice bro, still a pile of shit, but nothing more than a Caprice with Impala badges....

@Fuffcat

5 жыл бұрын

@@branon6565 uhhh... how can a Chevy... be a rebadged FORD?

@erickcastorena13

5 жыл бұрын

@@Fuffcat the caprice is a Chevy car. Not Ford.

@imperialsaint3639

5 жыл бұрын

Atleast the charger will be here for a while

@jagkings

5 жыл бұрын

@@Olds_Pwr It is American. It's built in America, and sold here in America.

Basically, GM is killing all of the good cars. Unbelievable.

@BIendtecc

5 жыл бұрын

Mark of Excellence not sure why

@markofexcellence5209

5 жыл бұрын

Crossovers are another fad and will die, just like station wagons. GM should have stuck it out but instead they’re killing some of their most important cars. I was slated to be replacing my vehicle with a new one next year, but at this rate I will be buying myself a different company. They’re killing the good offerings for me, especially irritated about the CT6.

@ZachPye

5 жыл бұрын

They also killed 2500 jobs here in Ontario Canada with this move

@roloxrox123

5 жыл бұрын

And they also turned a beautiful camaro into a ugly troll. It’s like they’re trying their best to file for bankruptcy again.

@joshuarector35

5 жыл бұрын

You have to realize that sedan buyers are few and far between...there are still people that like them and buy them, but as explained in the video, the sales simply aren't there. They are focusing on more popular, higher margin vehicles which makes perfect economic sense.

Have a 2017 Cruze and its one of the best cars I have ever driven great on gas and has good horsepower not to mention it looks sporty.. G.M. is so stupid!

Once you get burned badly by a brand it's hard to go back. I tied GM cars 5 times over the years and sadly, each one was terrible. I had an Oldsmobile F-85, a Chevette, a Chevy Nova, a Chevy Caliver, and a Chevy Camero. The Olds was so-so but every one of the Chevy's was absolutely miserable in terms of reliability. I'm sorry to see them cutting so many jobs but I swore I would never get burned by GM again.

The Impala is dead? Man... that nameplate has been around for a while...

@scobo4743

5 жыл бұрын

It was gone for twenty years and brought back in the 90's.

@jacobg.witmer

5 жыл бұрын

The Suburban's been around since 1935 and it's still going!

@MyAb111

5 жыл бұрын

I have not seen an Impala worth driving since 1996.

@bextar6365

5 жыл бұрын

Impala has name recognition, the Caddy models use stupid numbers and letters. Shame they didn't keep the old names like Fleetwood and Coupe De Ville. Lincoln has done the same with their cars.

@scobo4743

5 жыл бұрын

@@bextar6365 Catera.. lol

maybe if new cars werent so friggin expensive people would be able to buy more of em but car companies care about nothing more than profits....i for one am heartbroken to see the impala go...idc what people say they were always a great car.just handing profits over to companies like kia and honda....crossovers are a scourge on the car industry

@kevinkarcher7508

5 жыл бұрын

samsquantch14 putting a 4 cylinder in the Impala was heresy.

@samsquantch14

5 жыл бұрын

@@kevinkarcher7508 yea but that 4 banger puts out the same power as the 3.4 and 3.1 v6...theyve come a long way

@jamesmedina2062

5 жыл бұрын

samsquantch14 yeah but around town my dad's 2016 Impala with 2.4L gets 24.5 mpg. Might as well use a thrifty V6!

@samsquantch14

5 жыл бұрын

@SirVixIsVexed oh please electronics cost nothing these days....theres no reason the impala starts at well over $30k when there's better built cars from Honda, Toyota and Kia for far less...you just can't justify these new outrageous prices....a fully loaded 1 ton diesel costs $100k....thats asinine!

@mqayyum9226

5 жыл бұрын

price is not a factor here. People are moving from the sub 25K sedan to the 40K Crossover.

I can't count how many Impalas we've owned. My wife showed me the end Mid Engine Carvette Flyer we got from GM, she was excited about this car. We had a very nice C-5, 3-LT convertible that she would never drive we traded it for a new Camaro Convertible that was simple to put the top up or down. We loved our 2014 2 LTZ Impala with the 3.6 the best Impala we had owned since our 1979 Caprice.

GM also brought the Holden Commodore to the US and put an SS badge on it. It was a great sporty sedan. People complained that it looked like a Malibu which it did. Did GM listen? Nope, they kept it the same, didn’t make any changes and couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t selling. Now it’s discontinued.

Surprised that they’re killing off the volt.

@lawrencey0y

5 жыл бұрын

Vanneker let’s hope they are gonna replace it with a crossover. One of the downsides of the Volt is the tight back seat.

@618greenleaf7

5 жыл бұрын

Your the only one

@mattolfson9230

5 жыл бұрын

They'll bring it back in a few plus years as a pure electric, making it their mid-size mainstay, with the Bolt being their go-to compact EV, and the Spark Chevy's subcompact. Isn't it obvious that Chevy called dibs on a lot of the "electric" name's? They're not going to squander names like those!

@Scotty_in_Ohio

5 жыл бұрын

I sorta am too - when I've looked for ones on dealer lots they seem to be pretty rare (at least where I am) - KZreadrs seem to think they are so available that they'll give 'em away. It would be a perfect car for my wife but she won't even look at a Chevy...

@heinzkitzvelvet

5 жыл бұрын

SirVixIsVexed Noob! I don't care if it has a rocket engine, it's still overpriced junk that you booji liberals can't afford on the allowance your mom gives you to live in the basement.

The discontinuing of some of these models makes sense. However, I do think that GM is making a mistake by dropping the Cruze. My wife and I have a 2018 Cruze. We purchased it after test driving the Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, and Volkswagen Jetta. The Cruze was the best value and is a very comfortable car to drive. We are very pleased with it. I think that GM continuing to offer a compact sedan will help to keep the other brands honest. Competition is good.

@waffle911

5 жыл бұрын

Best value because price was the only way it could compete, which means GM was making almost no money on it just to prop up its sales. I hated my Cruze rental and wished it could have been a Civic or Mazda 3. It was disappointing to drive, felt unrefined and in some ways felt unfinished. I would have much preferred the Corolla on the rental lot instead if it hadn't already been spoken for.

@ramanjitsingh4340

5 жыл бұрын

Cruze was shite had so many problem gm lost so much money on transmission problem

@mi16t

5 жыл бұрын

Daniel Weatherholt so how u liking your Daewoo?

@samlung2724

5 жыл бұрын

Chevy monza Chevy cavalier Chevy cobalt. Chevy cruze.. All the same car.. cruze might come back as another name.

@tamarastone141

5 жыл бұрын

@@samlung2724 don't forget the Chavette🤣🤣

I feel like the Cruze had a really great run when it was launched, but the competition is just too hard to compete with now. GM quality for ya...

Mahk from zebra corner is definitely happy for gm getting rid of these cars Lol

Crossovers are a plague

@BrandMalone24

5 жыл бұрын

Right

@GIGABACHI

5 жыл бұрын

Call it A DRUG and we are BADLY hooked on it.

They are absolute jerks to kill the Cruze. Chevrolet wasn't doing well in India but Cruze in particular did really well. They hardly marketed it yet it sold quite well.

@02chevyguy

5 жыл бұрын

My car was involved in a minor accident in Aug. of '17. Other guy's insurance paid for my rental. I requested a Cruz. I liked it. Ride in it was great. Was on the interstate and hadn't looked at the speedometer, and when I did, I found I was going 90 (!) Nice interior and sound system. 2018 is the last year for the manuals, which I would still buy.

@ebrente

5 жыл бұрын

They may only be killing the Cruze for North America. Like Ford is doing with the Focus. At the end of the day, if you live in Canada and want a small car you’re gonna buy a Civic, Corolla or Mazda3. There are competitors, but those take the cake. Since the Cruze was borrowed from Europe anyway, it may just continue to live there. For that matter, the Camry (different class) is being re-introduced to European markets, so there’s another indicator that the sedan market is doing well in other demographics.

@xmsteel

5 жыл бұрын

The Cruze was a horrible car though.

@sumott497

5 жыл бұрын

@@xmsteel The Cruze was a horrible car to horrible car owners. It was a Turbo. I cant tell you the countless cruze owners that were flumuxed by the fact that YOU NEED FULL SYNTHETIC OIL IF YOU TURBO ANYTHING. So partially GM's fault for not giving proper matinance guides on the vehicle, and if you were a person who abused cars and try to run on tight budgets, ya you blew turbos left and right. I have had nothing but full synthetic AND tuned my cruze a bit. 100K miles on it and NOT A PROBLEM.

@xmsteel

5 жыл бұрын

@@sumott497 Most if not all new cars run synthetic anyway, but yes most Cruze owners are people that are uninformed (hence why they bought a Cruze over a superior competitor). The first generation were one of the most unreliable new Chevrolet's you could get, and one of the least reliable newer cars period. I'm sure a lot of this was because most people buying a car in this class either didn't know it had a turbo or wouldn't have a clue on how to take care of one. Regardless, comparing it to many Asian competitors it was sub-par at best.

A chevy sonic with a 300hp V6, a 6 speed manual, big brakes, awesome suspension, ac, power windows, and a radio. All I want. and Rear Wheel Drive is a must or Awd

the Volt at $33000 "competed" with the Toyota Prius at $23,000?

I curious why only American Big Three Automakers are leaving sedan market segment. Those others automakers still making sedan or coupe even though the market trend is crossover and SUV.

@Flydevice1

5 жыл бұрын

Henry Tan dodge is still making the charger and challenger and Alfa just joined the sedan market with the gulia

@hockeyparty12

5 жыл бұрын

Koi Captain Amen

@Scypher0th

5 жыл бұрын

@@Flydevice1 yes but the said in 2020 the 300 is going and by 2022 they will offer no cars asides from the charger and challenger...both are LARGE cars

@Speed_and_Power

5 жыл бұрын

I think It’s because they sell them in other countries

@nicholasfield6127

5 жыл бұрын

@@Scypher0th unfortunately.

They can cancel the new Silverado too after that butt ugly redesign. What a mess that thing is.

@KTJohnsonkidThunder

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the redesign of the 2019 Silverado is hideous AF. I DON'T understand why would they put a 4-cylinder engine in a full-size pickup. Why not just have a 6- or 8-cylinder? What, eco-maniacs are ramming fuel economy on pickup truck buyers now?

@ksurfer7194

5 жыл бұрын

KT Johnson it’s not even that efficient, it gets 2 miles better than the v8

@redtorino

5 жыл бұрын

@@KTJohnsonkidThunder, 2025 CAFE standards are the reason for 4-cylinder Silverados, 2.7 Ecoboost F-150s, and aluminum in all makes of trucks.

@williammacroberts2305

5 жыл бұрын

big city buses use big four cylinder turbocharged diesel engines, cylinder count and layout is more about packaging and vibration than how powerful the engine is.

@timc2893

5 жыл бұрын

Yes especially with that 4 cylinder

The problem with all of this 'Gee-Whiz!' technology in these cars and others is that when it breaks, it breaks *expensively*. There are several computerised systems in modern cars that last about as long as your lease does. These car companies all tout this technology, and state they have to invest in tech to stay current and 'competitive' (whatever that now means), but they never tell you what happens when it all eventually fails due to age.

The CT6 is beautiful. But it has too much tech. I think older Americans get overwhelmed by it and they shunned the car in favor of simpler cars like the Avalon and thus caddy missed their target market. Younger buyers are attracted to the high tech German brands for their perceived status symbol (albeit at the price of sacrificing reliability). GM also missed their target market by confusing everyone with their volt/bolt nameplates. Wtf?

Come on gmc impala means American power make it rear wheel drive

@formerice

5 жыл бұрын

I owned the last good looking Impala, 1962 SS. Was a nice car.

@charlesclement383

5 жыл бұрын

Don't worry you have the 300 and the Charger,and Challenger,which are doing quit well.

@JoeyB469

5 жыл бұрын

Instead of killing off the Chevy SS, they should have transformed it into the Impala SS, and ACTUALLY advertised it. You can't sell a car you don't advertise.

@markej4801

5 жыл бұрын

Have to agree. I have a '15 and like the car a lot, but rwd would have made so much more sense. The cross-overs and others are OK, but that big sedan just makes a good road car.

A big problem GM has is all their cars in the lineups look almost identical. Just bigger or smaller versions of themselves except for Camaro and Corvette. Even interiors all look the same. I usually have to look for the name on the car to figure out which one I’m looking at. I mean, how many designers do they have working, two, one for the inside and one for the outside? They can come out with some awesome concepts but never put them in production. Look at the Escala. It is a really beautiful car. But instead of producing it they are whittling away at it piecing it out to other vehicles. Then they will make another car and not touch it for several years so why by a car that is outdated already. Now they bring out the Silverado. It’s got like 6-8 different trim levels. Is that really needed? And look at the prices they are charging. They are way overpriced especially Cadillac. People can’t afford new cars every year or two. Dad used to bring home a brand new Impala:Bel Air every year up until 1965. That’s the last new car he bought. And every year they looked totally different.

@garyschoolcraft4797

5 жыл бұрын

Squirmin Herman the one eyed German I know, it’s out of reach for most people. American cars don’t have the prestige of the European cars to be able to handle having their cars so similar in design such as Porsche, BMW. The car they try to do it with and fail consistently at it is VW.

@samlung2724

5 жыл бұрын

I mean. That's the point. Compact and midsize cars/suv/trucks have always looked like baby versions of their full size sister

@Grey_Beard72

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, the CAFE standards is the reason for such small engines in full size trucks. The four banger in the Silverado is the same in liters as the Ford 2.7 though. It has 310 hp and 340 pounds of torque. It isn't that weak. That's a lot more horsepower than the old 4.3 at 195 and not much less torque, with a good bit more efficiency. You have to see how that turbo kicks in also. It kicks in at 1500 rpm. You get 80% of your torque at a relatively low rpm. The Focus ST performance car turbo doesn't kick in until 1800 rpm. People like to talk a lot of crap about something they really don't know much about.

@Grey_Beard72

5 жыл бұрын

As for the looks of the Silverado, that is a matter of your individual taste. I happen to like it.

@Fifthcell

5 жыл бұрын

I actually thought the Volt was the Cruze... THEY’RE SO SIMILAR UP FRONT!

Mostly no loss. Except possibly the Impala. A colleague of mine bought one, loved it, and I was impressed when I rode in it as well. Fast, spacious and comfortable.

US auto companies, not only GM, seem to be practicing the philosophy of Patriots Coach Bill Belichick:" BETTER TO CUT THEM A YEAR TOO EARLY RATHER THAN A YEAR TOO LATE". But will they be getting the same winning results???