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General Motors Case Analysis

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General Motors Case Analysis


RUNNING HEAD: General Motors Case Analysis


General Motors: Cadillac Case Analysis


Situation Analysis
        In 1986, Lloya Reuss, who was the Executive Vice President of all North America car operations for General Motor (GM), set new goals for GM to achieve because the task before Reuss was an ominous one. In 1959, when Reuss joined General Motors, GM and Cadillac had huge changed. Also, during that time, the U.S. auto market belonged to the three domestic producers (GM, Ford and Chrysler), and Cadillac was the “standard of the world.” Yet, after 30 years, the domestic producers’ market share has decreased, and Cadillac’s competition was not only by domestic market but also by Asian and European competitors. (1)


Nature of Demand
        The U.S. luxury car market can be classified into two segments: traditional and functional. Cadillac was one of the traditional types, so customers have demanded the best in traditional luxury cars. Indeed, these traditional Cadillac consumers were most often professionals, above average in income and education. Also, the average age of customers was 58 years old, and they were used to purchase the biggest and most powerful cars. However, the situation has been changed according to the demographics of 1988, it shows below: (12)



                  Median      Age %<35      Median        % colleges


                   Age                       Income         Grad+


Cadillac        62            2.5%         $61.1           38.4%


Sedan de Ville  62           6.9%          61.0           40.3


Brougham     65           0.3           53.2           27.4


Eldorado      60           4.1           70.2           39.7


Seville        63           1.6           90.0           47.2

Allante                  54           6.1          150.0           47.1
Cimarron      60           9.5           45.2           47.0


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