[littlecammi]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

GM makes decisions based upon market trends and consumer responses to those trends.

Just as every other car manufacturer does the exact same thing.

Most four-door sedans look very similar to each other regardless of manufacturer. This is partially the result of decades of rounding edges and raising the tail ends of cars to reduce aerodynamic drag and increase fuel economy. You have to look for badging or differences in headlight and grill design just to try to differentiate between the scores of look-alikes.

Or a car manufacturer can chose to deliberately make a unique design that will stand out and can be easily recognized as a specific model or brand. But doing so guarantees a design that some people will love but others will hate. And if more people hate the design than those that love it, then sales are abysmal. The modern sharp-edged Cadillacs were a design risk that paid off. But some people still hate them, including long-time older Cadillac owners (like my Dad).

Going retro and utilizing styling from a legendary vehicle from the past (such as the '69 Camaro coupe) brings instant goodwill with people who remember it and increases the percentage of people who will love the design. The movie industry does the same thing. Sequels to successful movies, remakes of older successful movies, and movie versions of successful television shows are all less risky than making a totally new movie that has to earn its own audience.

[MajorTom]

Losing the Kappa cars is depressing. They were decent performers and good looking cars.

The prospect of a 3 series fighter from Cadillac has me excited though. That'd be amazing.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by TAG UR IT

Is there a possibility that GM can tool the Alpha line, or set it up, in such a manner to be RWD, FWD, or even AWD? Because if so, this could be a major break through for GM. I could easily see GM pouring money into an Alpha line that can accommodate more vehicle types.

Could you all see a lighter Alpha Camaro, CTS coupe, Sky, Solstice, Cobalt, Aveo, etc. being built on a speific line?

That would take a massive amount of engineering and money that GM doesn't have. Cobalt will forever be FWD, same as the Cruze. Aveo probably wouldn't even fit on the same platform. Sky and Solstice on Alpha are definite possibilities, but Camaro will remain forever on Zeta and the CTS/CTS Coupe/CTS Wagon are all rumored to switch from Sigma over to Zeta after a while or the two platforms will be combined.

[Angrybird 12]

Ok Kappa Owners think of this.. the Kappas cost 10K more then they sell for, that means a 27K Kappa is really worth 37K.. Soo if that is true then that means if and when they drop the Kappa cars, we will have instant classics that should quickly jump up in value...... no more being built (as long as they are being built you can get them cheaper) Low volume is also on our side. It's not that the car is a failure, its GM's Economics.

may be a good investment if you young guys want to get one and hold on to it for 20 or 30 years.

[Vash]

Well it's not really instant classic. It needs to age 25+ years first.

And parts & service will be hard to find. Right now there are a LOT of NLA parts at Chevy dealer (for olders cars). Not saying it's not good. It's a good solid car. But GM needs to get back to basics and get sales going again.

There should not be a need to try to fill every single tiny sales nich.