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Article: Chicago Tribune auto letters column.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- October 16, 2005
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Byline: Jim Mateja
Oct. 16--QUESTION: Isn't the point to sell cars? If Pontiac has a real hot seller like the Solstice, why are they making it in such limited numbers? It doesn't make sense for a company that is constantly losing market share. Solstice is a beauty. -- M.Z., Wheaton
ANSWER: The two sins the auto industry has long been guilty of are overpricing and overproduction. With a sticker that starts at less than $20,000 and tops out at just under $25,000, this is not a case of overpricing -- yet.
Historically, a new car that's an initial sensation convinces the automaker that such demand will last forever. But before long the appeal ...