The Chevrolet Orlando crossover will not be sold in the United States after all. In an interview with Bloomberg, Margaret Brooks, GM’s product marketing director for small cars and crossovers said that “The best thing to do for Chevrolet is to focus on the brands we’ve already brought to market: the Traverse, Equinox, Malibu and, soon to come, the Cruze.”
In addition to Asia and Europe, the Orlando, a seven seater minivan based on the same platform as the Cruze and Volt, will be sold in Canada, where the Mazda5 (a direct competitor to the Orlando) is a popular vehicle. Canadians typically buy smaller vehicles due to higher vehicle costs, and an average gas price of $4 per gallon.
[Source: Automotive News]
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DUMB, DUMB, DUMB!! GM, formally the largest automaker in the world and still shrinking, has left a a growing market segment (small mini-vans or MPV’s) wide open to the competition.
I owned a Pontiac Vibe and loved it. I wanted to buy GM and was looking forward getting an Orlando. Now GM has nothing to replace the discontinued Vibe and I will have to look to another car company.
If you don’t compete, your market share is ZERO!
May 15th, 2010 at 11:41 am