Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 20:59:06 -0500 From: Four Weis <mweinopsamcom> Subject: Re: GM plans Saab Restructuring
I read the same article and it listed the losses in each of the luxury cars divisions owned by Ford and GM. Saab has become a luxury car, loaded with gadgets, marketed and priced as a luxury car. If you rate cars by luxury features and cup holders, then the new Saab is much better than the classic Saab. I bought my affordable Classic Saab to drive, not to impress others with how much money I paid for my car. "Kenneth S." wrote: > Zweef wrote: > > > > In article <ardca2$qd4$1nopsam.atl.mindspring.net>, insectonopsamspring.com > > says... > > > > > > It was probably only a matter of time.... > > > > > > Today's Wall Street Journal (11.19.02) reports that new senior managers have > > > been sent to GM's swedish unit.... Preparing to slash its work force of > > > 10,000 (8,500 in sweden), overhaul all operations from development (no > > > Saab/Saturn-Vue SUV?) and production, to sales and distribution. Formal and > > > specific numbers to be released this Friday in a letter to employees. > > > > > > The Automotive News broke the story 11.18.02. > > > > > Well, that's it then.... > > > > I don't have much confidence in GM as a whole. They're just in for the > > money, not for selling good products (I mean, Vauxhall, Opel and the > > american cars don't do it for me in the quality department) > > > > So a minimum will probably be spent on development in the future, making > > more dull cars made with as much standard components as possible :-( > > > > Or am i seeing too much spiders? > > -- > > Zweef > > I think most Jaguar owners would agree that the Ford acquisition of the > company has been beneficial -- except for those owners who (according to > a Wall Street Journal story a while back) were deprived of > conversational opportunities arising from colorful stories about their > Jaguar breakdowns. > > The same may happen with the GM ownership of Saab. Speaking as the > owner of a 1996 900 SE, I think that would be good, although it comes > too late for me. I hope, however, that GM will rethink the decision to > abandon hatchbacks. They may be getting out of that market just as > other manufacturers are getting back into it for the U.S.
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