Date: 22 Nov 2002 15:52:40 -0800 From: senninhanopsamip.com (fcb) Subject: Re: GM plans Saab Restructuring
"pablo" <pabloNnopsamsimplyhombre.net> wrote in message news:<54PC9.1712$dn.112124170nopsamsvr21.news.prodigy.com>... > "Zweef" <barboernopsamemotorfiets.nl> wrote in message > news:MPG.18457c5c58bf28239896danopsam.demon.nl... > > > > That's a bit oversimplified, i know trucks and SUV are booming in the US, > > but there is also still a market for 'normal' types of cars > > Read some recent Business Week articles on GM. Their car business is not > making them money - trucks and SUVs are. It is not an oversimplification, > that is the way things are for GM right now. > > > That's what i thought when they took Saab over, but they have turned the > > 900/9-3 into a luxury Opel/Vauxhall Vectra clone, i know a lot of > > dedicated Saab drivers who are disappointed in what GM had done with Saab > > in de last 8 years. > > I have not read single magazine review that claimed the new 9-3 was inferior > to the old 900. They unanimously praised the improvements, and were either > taken or annoyed by the remaining quirks. Sounds like a better Saab to me. > :-) > > You clearly dislike the Opel product. By that logic -simply disliking > platform sharing- brands such as Audi, Jaguar, Aston Martin, and even > increasingly Mercedes Benz (it's a Chrysler!) have become worse cars. A Mercedes is not a Chrysler. Chryslers are made by a company named DaimlerChrysler. Mercedes is made by Mercedes-Benz, a division of DaimlerChrysler.