Dear General Motors,
As a longtime consumer of your products, I must admit that you have decided on a direction with your styling and general marketing practices that I can no longer support with my purchasing of your vehicles.
I have really been struggling with trying to accept the looks of the C-7, and the reasoning that spokespersons for your Company have been presenting for such a bastardization of the Corvette.
But in the end I have realized that I have watched this unfold once already, and it really wasn't that long ago.
And the sad reminder is the 2009 Fall cover of the Pontiac performance Magazine.
It has the old Bonneville at the top and a Solstice Coupe at the bottom with the words " QUITE A RIDE" between them.
In my mind I see that same cover with a C-1 at the top and a C-7 at the bottom.
I do understand that myself, my siblings, and our children are only a very small part of your customer base. We have only purchased 114 New General Motors Vehicles in the past 10 years, with the bulk of them being Chevrolet and Pontiac.
Today that all changed, I left the house with the intentions of replacing my 10 year old Silverado Pickup with another Siverado Pickup.
As usual I headed out to my local GM Dealership looking to make yet another deal with my longtime salesman on yet another GM Pickup.
Funny thing was, my salesman has transferred to that dealerships FORD/KIA Store.
So being the loyal customer I am, I headed on over to talk with him about a new pickup, since he can still sell at either dealership.
He was with another customer when I got there so while I waited, I started looking around at the vehicles.
Needless to say Ford is now building some pretty impressive vehicles, and I was starting to get swayed towards really thinking serious about their vehicle lines.
When my salesman did get free he came over as I was looking at a F350. He kinda chuckled about me being at the FORD Store, (He has sold every one of those 114 GM Vehicles to my family) and we got to talking about a Pick Up.
When he suggested we take a ride up to the GM lot and look at some trucks, I suggested we take a test ride in that F350.
I do have to admit it felt strange writing out that check for a FORD truck, loyalty with me has always been a big thing.
But I eased my conscience by remembering I am still loyal to my longtime salesman, and also to my long time dealership.
And the look on my wifes face when she saw that FORD Pickup back into our garage full of GM's....PRICELESS.
So in the same words you gave to me when you killed off Pontiac.....
........"It's been quite a ride"
Good Bye
As a longtime consumer of your products, I must admit that you have decided on a direction with your styling and general marketing practices that I can no longer support with my purchasing of your vehicles.
I have really been struggling with trying to accept the looks of the C-7, and the reasoning that spokespersons for your Company have been presenting for such a bastardization of the Corvette.
But in the end I have realized that I have watched this unfold once already, and it really wasn't that long ago.
And the sad reminder is the 2009 Fall cover of the Pontiac performance Magazine.
It has the old Bonneville at the top and a Solstice Coupe at the bottom with the words " QUITE A RIDE" between them.
In my mind I see that same cover with a C-1 at the top and a C-7 at the bottom.
I do understand that myself, my siblings, and our children are only a very small part of your customer base. We have only purchased 114 New General Motors Vehicles in the past 10 years, with the bulk of them being Chevrolet and Pontiac.
Today that all changed, I left the house with the intentions of replacing my 10 year old Silverado Pickup with another Siverado Pickup.
As usual I headed out to my local GM Dealership looking to make yet another deal with my longtime salesman on yet another GM Pickup.
Funny thing was, my salesman has transferred to that dealerships FORD/KIA Store.
So being the loyal customer I am, I headed on over to talk with him about a new pickup, since he can still sell at either dealership.
He was with another customer when I got there so while I waited, I started looking around at the vehicles.
Needless to say Ford is now building some pretty impressive vehicles, and I was starting to get swayed towards really thinking serious about their vehicle lines.
When my salesman did get free he came over as I was looking at a F350. He kinda chuckled about me being at the FORD Store, (He has sold every one of those 114 GM Vehicles to my family) and we got to talking about a Pick Up.
When he suggested we take a ride up to the GM lot and look at some trucks, I suggested we take a test ride in that F350.
I do have to admit it felt strange writing out that check for a FORD truck, loyalty with me has always been a big thing.
But I eased my conscience by remembering I am still loyal to my longtime salesman, and also to my long time dealership.
And the look on my wifes face when she saw that FORD Pickup back into our garage full of GM's....PRICELESS.
So in the same words you gave to me when you killed off Pontiac.....
........"It's been quite a ride"
Good Bye