Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 17:37:26 +0200 From: "Mark Gerritsma" <nl.autonopsamtmfweb.nld> Subject: Re: GM to increase SAAB lineup
Nel Frikandel <nelfrikandelnopsamail.com> schreef: >> Money talks. Thus if you want to sell lots of cars you have to offer >> what people want. If they want SUV's they get SUV's, it's that >> simple. > > OK, but that would be the big advantage of a huge brand line-up like > GM has. A tailored brand for each market-segment, the GM way > (cross-platformism) is hurting the brands' images. In the end the > money ends up in the same corporate pocket anyway. > > Ford understand this trick better, I havn't seen a Jaguar or even a > Lincoln SUV yet (or........?) To add to Walt's reaction: Not only is it available, the Navigator is just about the biggest SUV you can get, shy of the Hummer (is that still a SUV?). And no, Ford also made errors. They had lots of comments when they started using Ford parts in Aston Martins... On the revised models they have reduced this again, because they wanted to increase the quality. Yeah right, that's just the nice way of saying: we made some design blunders and have corrected them. Also the complete platform of the X-type is just a revised Mondeo design. Mark
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