Date: 28 Jul 1998 17:31:02 GMT From: ptimlinnopsam01.dac.neu.edu (patrick timlin) Subject: Re: Please, Saab is not a "GM car"
Jason Porter (jporternopsam.net) wrote: : SAAB IS NOT A GM BRAND in the same sense that Chevrolet, Opel, Pontiac, and : Cadillac are. Please, GM may have a large financial investment in Saab (50% : of stock I believe), but I hate to hear Saab termed "a GM car." Saab is not : a GM car in any sense other than the financial. [snip] : Saab has maintained the independence of its engineering and its image, : regardless of the source of funding. [snip] : One more thing - while I'm on the subject, why do : we as Americans continue to purchase Chevrolets and their ilk at a furious : rate, when GM actually makes a *quality* automobile in Europe - the Opel? : Can someone explain to me why I can't go to my local GM dealer and buy an : Opel Vectra? You can, but here in America they are called 900 (post 1993), 9-3, and 9-5. Of course you will have to go to a Saab dealer to get one. <smirk> Patrick Timlin http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/4742/ ptimlinnopsamities.com
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