When General Motors<\/a> put Oldsmobile out to pasture, many owners defected from GM brands all-together. In an effort to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself with soon to be displaced Pontiac<\/a> owners, the General is extending an olive branch in the form of a year of free maintenance. <\/p>\n Automotive News<\/em> reports that GM is offering four years of free service visits – including oil changes and tire rotations – to specific Buick<\/a>–GMC<\/a> dealerships for owners of 1999 and newer Pontiac vehicles. Brian Sweeney, general manager of Buick-GMC, told AN <\/em>that the plan is to “to keep the relationship with the Buick-GMC dealer.” Customers will be given specific Buick-GMC dealers to utilize for the free service in order to help the dealers develop a relationship with said customer in hopes that they will use that dealership to purchase future products. <\/p>\n A potential problem with the plan is that Pontiac and Buick\/GMC models aren’t exactly in the same price range, though (potential) future products like the Buick Excelle<\/a> and the GMC Granite<\/a> concept could be priced competitively enough to keep some Pontiac owners in the GM family. <\/p>\n With new service customers on the way, we’re sure the Buick-GMC dealers are excited about this program. Many Buick-GMC dealers used to sell Pontiacs as well, so many of the brand’s former customers won’t even have to go to a new dealer to cash in on the free maintenance.<\/p>\n [Source: Automotive News<\/a> – Sub. Req. | Image: Justin Sullivan\/Getty]<\/p>\n GM wooing current Pontiac owners with free service<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/949ce_89749757-630op.jpg\")
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