[McCall]

GM pulls plug on '08 line of cars - Product czar Bob Lutz wants to
speed new trucks, SUVs to market faster.
http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0.../A01-123402.htm

If the Zeta program is dead, that means the new Camaro/GTO is pretty much dead. Boy those guys at GM are idiots....

McCall

[sgarnett]

Hmm, all they're doing is lowering their sticker prices and lessening the rebates, so the cars will still sell for about the same amount of money. Sounds like marketing mumbo jumbo to me.

The distinction between price and rebate probably affect the taxes they pay (rebates may be considered an advertising expense), the percentage that goes to the dealer, and maybe even the taxes paid by the buyer. It IS mumbo-jumbo, but it isn't necessarily benign mumbo jumbo.