GMC, Buick, Cadillac still offering XM.
I was at the GMC/Cadillac dealer over the weekend, I am buying a 2009 Diesel 3500HD 4x4 quad cab pick up for a business, and at the showroom I discovered that they have an XM radio stand and Sirius is not mentioned anywhere. The salespeople did not even know that Sirius had acquired XM.
Will XM Radio continue offering satellite radio or will it be shut down ? Not that I care really... 'cause that Radio will be disconnected at the end of the 3 months trial unless the driver wants to pay for it.
I am just curious.
in huge dealership on Friday
I had my car in the service shop of a very large, well huge,
multidealer facility on Friday. I was there from
10 till 4, and spent much of the day going from
showroom to service shop to showroom (of all
the different brands - honda acura cadillac mercedes
hyundai jeep chrysler, toyota). The service shop had a
large ceiling hung "XM" banner up. Some dealers
had Sirius up only. Others had XM only, and a
few others had SiriusXM. Many cars had, hung on
the rear view mirror, a satellite radio explanation card
or other satrad marketing flyer.
Here's my point: I don't think the average consumer gives
a crap. To them, satellite radio is satellite radio; all that matters
I believe to the ave. consumer is that it is out there and it is available! to them, it's just one of those thingamajiggers, sirius, xm, xmsirius,
siriusxm - I really don't they think they care to know which! and I really
don't think the dealerships care either (and I think they're
confused, too, as to which dealership is supposed to offer what).