The best way to sell cars and trucks is through a dealer with
just one brand in the showroom. No others. Exclusive. One
hundred years of history prove it.  When new makes such as
Hyundai and Kia debut in a market, they often start out “dualed”
with other brands at a retail outlet, but as soon as they can,
they try to line up exclusive dealers.  Two Detroit companies
are ignoring all this history: General Motors is consolidating
Pontiac-Buick-GMC, and Chrysler is pulling together Chrysler-
Dodge-Jeep in certain major markets.  It's either this or kill
off more brands as they did with Oldsmobile and Plymouth.
Neither GM nor Chrysler has enough products to hold onto an
exclusive Buick or Dodge retailer. These dealers are looking to
add another line, maybe Kia or Subaru, and GM and Chrysler don't
want that. They want to keep the store in the family, even if it
means combining family brands.  Ideally, combining Buick and
Pontiac with GMC gives a store a nice variety of products: rear-
drive body-on-frame trucks; Bu