WTF, GM. Chevy is your flagship brand...

[EyeMWing]

Seriously.

EVERY vehicle has a different emblem.
The new Impala has some kind of deer thing (according to the TV commercials, anyway. The website says otherwise).
The Corvette has the wingish-looking-thing.
The trucks and most of the cars have the stylized plus sign (though I dispute the fact that those cars actually HAVE that logo, because I've NEVER noticed them anywhere except in the photos on the website)
The Geos have a completely and totally irrelevant logo that I can't think of offhand.

There is no common design element - AT ALL. Most manufacturers use a common front grille... Chevy doesn't even have a common one within their TRUCKS.

There is no common STYLE. I mean, every vehicle looks TOTALLY different. GM's other brands do a much better job - a Saturn is DEFINITELY a Saturn. A Cadillac is DEFINITELY a Cadillac (except when it's a rebadged Chevy, at which point it's junk)

Chevrolet seems to be the catch-all for everything that GM thinks might be sellable, but can't find a hole to stick it in.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Yup, Toyota emblums always looked liek mercedes emblums ...

 

[jaedaliu]

I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

 

[vi edit]

Bowtie?

And yes, the Chevy trucks & Suv's have a pretty common front grill look to them.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

 

[Lyfer]

They make some decent cars, just make sure to ask for the ones not made on a monday.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Bowtie?

And yes, the Chevy trucks & Suv's have a pretty common front grill look to them.

Because they're all the same damned truck to begin with. And not really - there's a resemblence, but they aren't the same thing. The Colorado and the SUVs have a solid bar, the Silverado's is split, etc. There are annoying little subtleties caused by idiot designers.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

just be happy they dont have anything similar to that fugly retarded faux-expensive cheap looking grill that chrysler has

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

bahaha

 

[jaedaliu]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

 

[lokiju]

Why does this bug you?

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

but engineered in japan is fine?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

Except most American cars aren't built in America...

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

Except most American cars aren't built in America...

please provide source that states 51+% of american cars are not built in america.

 

[Analog]

Whats wrong with different looking cars? Most people complain that cars look to much alike. I certainly don't want a corvette to look like a chevette.

 

[jaedaliu]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

but engineered in japan is fine?

sure. 100 engineers versus 2000 factory workers. Who has a harder time finding the job?

but who am I kidding? I haven't bought a new car since 98, and probably won't for another 5 - 10 years.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Whats wrong with different looking cars? Most people complain that cars look to much alike. I certainly don't want a corvette to look like a chevette.

yeah, but when you're dealing with the type of people who buy american cars, they usually only buy one brand, no matter what the other brands offer, and they don't want anyone to accidentally think they are a "Ford" person (or vise versa). With a Ford, everyone knows you are a Ford person from 10 miles away, even if it's a new model. This is comforting to conservative buyers who fear change. By allowing Ford to win that battle, Chevy risks alienating its core customers - Middle Americans who fear change and need to strongly identify with a particular group in order to have any sense of self.

And actually, even the Japanese and Europeans do the same thing. All Hondas look like Hondas, and all BMW's DEFINETELY look like BMW's. Satisfying the need to be part of a group is likely behind these cohesive brands, as well, though the average buyer's fear of change is less strong (indicated by the more rapidly changing brand designs and styles and the higher willingness of their buyers to brand-hop). It's just that those buyers need to be part of whatever group is cool at the moment, rather "Once a Chevy man, always a Chevy man." If you don't get to be a Chevy man when you buy a Malibu, why in the hell would you buy one? Cause it sure as fvck isn't a good car.

 

[randumb]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

Except most American cars aren't built in America...

uh...no. american cars are built in america. even japanese cars are built in america.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: randumb

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

Except most American cars aren't built in America...

uh...no. american cars are built in america. even japanese cars are built in america.

Uh...no. A number of American cars are actually built in Canada and Mexico.

 

[Alkesh]

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

What the fvck??

Get your head out of the ground

 

Bloat makes money.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: Alkesh

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

What the fvck??

Get your head out of the ground

qft

 

[MommysLittleMonster]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Seriously.

EVERY vehicle has a different emblem.
The new Impala has some kind of deer thing (according to the TV commercials, anyway. The website says otherwise).
The Corvette has the wingish-looking-thing.
The trucks and most of the cars have the stylized plus sign (though I dispute the fact that those cars actually HAVE that logo, because I've NEVER noticed them anywhere except in the photos on the website)
The Geos have a completely and totally irrelevant logo that I can't think of offhand.

There is no common design element - AT ALL. Most manufacturers use a common front grille... Chevy doesn't even have a common one within their TRUCKS.

There is no common STYLE. I mean, every vehicle looks TOTALLY different. GM's other brands do a much better job - a Saturn is DEFINITELY a Saturn. A Cadillac is DEFINITELY a Cadillac (except when it's a rebadged Chevy, at which point it's junk)

Chevrolet seems to be the catch-all for everything that GM thinks might be sellable, but can't find a hole to stick it in.

What are you talking about? All chevys have the + sign logo. The Implala does have a different one, and so does the Corvette. They dont make Geo's anymore. Does Infiniti and Nissan share the same logo? Acura and Honda? Geo is to Chevy and Honda is to Acura. The cobalts have the + sign.


:roll:

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: randumb

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: jaedaliu

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

Originally posted by: jaedaliu
I thought chrysler was GM's flagship brand

.... Chrysler is ANOTHER company.

Hrm, I meant cadillac. whatever, shows how much of an impression GM makes on me. Guess I'm less american because I buy cars built in america instead of canada or something.

Except most American cars aren't built in America...

uh...no. american cars are built in america. even japanese cars are built in america.

Uh...no. A number of American cars are actually built in Canada and Mexico.

and korea.

 

[godmare]

lol, the impala doesn't have a 'deer thingy' logo, it has an impala logo. (impalas are antelopes)