Buick and Pontiac have already been tossed around as possible sacrificial lambs in GM's heard. About a year ago Lutz himself let it slip that there are preliminary talks within the company about that.

Buick is a dying breed as it is. It's a lame duck division. And if the Solstice did have any power to resurrect Pontiac, GM's insipid product management would squash that because they only plan on building 8,000/yr. There is an order list 15,000 long. They should build enough to match demand. Instead, they are just going to piss people off by forcing them to wait and pay dealer market adjustments.

Don't be surprised they don't do the same thing with the new Camaro if it comes out. If GM does it the right way, it could sell 200,000/yr like the Mustang is doing. But instead, you watch GM say they will limit production to 30,000/yr.

GM needs to learn how to capitalize on hot market products, and then adjust production as market cools off. By keeping product sufficiently available but not saturated, you strike a good ballance on supply and demand. Being able to produce at pretty much exactly what the demand level is and being able to adjust to it's fluctuations is another example what what Honda and Toyota do so well and what GM is absolutely horrible at.