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I feel for you! Posted by Scott Paterson [Email] (#13) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Scott Paterson) on Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:23:44 In Reply to: Oldsmobile gone. Is SAAB next? (rantings), Dinger, Fri, 15 Dec 2000 22:49:48 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
Man, what a bummer to lose one of your favorite makes of cars. My uncle is in your situation. He loves two cars - his wife's 9000 and his Aurora.
I think you raise a valid point. Saab is well below 300,000 units a year and is barely profitable (which is a lot more than we could say 5 years ago!). I can only hope that GM sees big things for Saab down the road, perhaps addressing a market that is not already addressed by one of their other cars. This might have been Olds problem in that those 300,000 cars will still go to GM, but in a different line, whereas if you canned Saab, those 130,000 cars would go to a totally different company (an over-simplification, but I think you get my point). Which brings up another question... What would you buy if Saab wasn't a choice for you.... In fact, I'll start a new thread in a moment for that one.
-Scott
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