I can't for the life of me figure out why GM keeps so many effing divisions, with many overlapping or even identical models. Seems like alot of fat considering they have to fill alot more posistions in engineering, design, parts etc that could other wise be consolidated.
Is the Saturn,Cadillac, GMC, Opel, Holden, Buick, Daewoo brand name all that important? Wouldn't consolidating them, taking in the best designs of each division, dumping the bad ones (cough cough Daewoo manufacturing), and just building the highest quality, best engineered cars for each class? Better for cheaper.
Heck a large reason Honda was so reliable back in the day is they really only made 1 car platform and a few engines for cars. It's pretty hard not to do a good job when all the focus and R&D centered around a few designs. Chevy alone has had a vastly larger berth than that. I can only imagine what vehicles would exist if GM would attempt such a focused approach, albeit across all major car/truck categories.