r/mildlyinfuriating • u/DifferentCoyote4562 • 11h ago

I saw a ducky once Buick brake lights are too low

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Not my pictures, but saw this car today. The brake lights are definitely not where you'd expect them and annoyingly low

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u/TingleyStorm 9h ago

Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn all suffered because in the end GM decided to strip them of everything they were known for in favor of turning them into rebadged Chevrolets.

Buick maintained itself as a luxury brand in China, and even in America GM did enough work on Buick to make it stand apart from the Chevrolet counterparts.

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u/Salsalito_Turkey 8h ago

Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn all suffered because in the end GM decided to strip them of everything they were known for in favor of turning them into rebadged Chevrolets.

In the end? Pontiac and Oldsmobile were just re-badged Chevrolets for at least 35 years before the brands were killed off. The very last Pontiacs (the G6 and G8) were actually a re-badged Opel and a re-badged Holden, respectively.

Saturn's cars were a bit more unique, but nobody actually wanted to buy them.