General Motors Hires Ex-Nissan McNabb
April 17, 2008
General Motors has hired former Nissan executive Mark McNabb and reorganized its sales, service and marketing divisions.
GM will have four brand channels -- Chevrolet, Saturn, Buick-Pontiac-GMC, and Cadillac-Hummer-Saab. McNabb will head the "premium" channel of Cadillac-Hummer-Saab.
Other changes include:
Ed Peper becomes North America vice president, Chevrolet channel. He had been Chevrolet general manager.
Susan Docherty becomes North America vice president, Buick-Pontiac-GMC channel. Docherty was manager of GM’s western region.
Jim Bunnell becomes executive director of channel support group. Bunnell had been general manager of Buick-Pontiac-GMC.
Jill Lajdziak continues as Saturn general manager.
Posted by at 4:35 AM under Companies , GM , Personalities | Comments (2) | digg this | Seed Newsvine
The reorganization makes some sense. I just have one question: why does GM have Hummer and SAAB again? SAAB does almost nothing for GM and should be sold right now. As for Hummer, it was a good idea ...... back in the 1990s. In the last four or five years, Hummer's reason for existence is drying up. SUV sales are still falling through the floor.... and Hummers are still for sale? Hummer SHOULD go the way of Oldsmobile and just be killed off now.
Posted by: Isaac | April 17, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Saab has little to recommend it, whether inside GM or out. And, despite the calls by some to sell or kill off the Hummer brand, GM should resist that temptation. Sure, SUVs aren't selling well, but a few relatively simple fixes could fix that problem. For example, how about a Hummer H2 equipped with the Duramax diesel? Better still, how about the same Hummer with the Duramax diesel integrated into a 2-mode hybrid system? With the 6.0-litre V-8 already being used in this fashion, a diesel/hybrid Hummer is not beyond the realm of possibility. SUVs, despite their lack of political correctness, make money for GM, and money is something GM needs right now. GM should hold onto Hummer and take a few relatively painless steps to improve the brand's fuel efficiency. There is no such remedy for Saab, however. It should go.
Posted by: Christopher | April 17, 2008 at 11:24 PM