GM pitches "smart" cars to cut back on discounts

Iria · Sep 13, 2005, 11:52 PM

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM - news), trying to wean itself off huge discounts to draw customers into showrooms, is pitching the idea that its vehicles are "smart" enough to tell you how they're doing.

Under the strategy, outlined at a news conference on Tuesday, GM said it would perform hundreds of diagnostic checks on vehicles equipped with its OnStar satellite-based communications system automatically every month.

Through the OnStar global positioning device and technology embedded in most GM vehicles since the 2004 model year, GM was already capable of performing diagnostic checks on vehicles by remote control, when their owners requested them.

Now, U.S. customers who sign up for OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics, which is free, will have a battery of tests done automatically and get an e-mail generated by their own vehicle roughly every 30 days, GM executives said.
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blown503 · Sep 14, 2005, 12:38 AM

Need to do something, Ford overpriced their trucks so the employee discount brought in the same revinue.

Sep 13, 2005, 11:52 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	GM pitches "smart" cars to cut back on discounts DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM - news), trying to wean itself off huge discounts to draw customers into showrooms, is pitching the idea that its vehicles are "smart" enough to tell you how they're doing. Under the strategy, outlined at a news conference on Tuesday, GM said it would perform hundreds of diagnostic checks on vehicles equipped with its OnStar satellite-based communications system automatically every month. Through the OnStar global positioning device and technology embedded in most GM vehicles since the 2004 model year, GM was already capable of performing diagnostic checks on vehicles by remote control, when their owners requested them. Now, U.S. customers who sign up for OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics, which is free, will have a battery of tests done automatically and get an e-mail generated by their own vehicle roughly every 30 days, GM executives said. __________ REad More / Source: SBC Yahoo! News

Sep 14, 2005, 12:38 AM	#2
blown503 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 573 Rep Power: 0	Need to do something, Ford overpriced their trucks so the employee discount brought in the same revinue. __________________