Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:15:14 -0300 From: Dexter J <lamealameadingdongnopsamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Saab merging with Opel??
Salutations: Well - 2 liter turbo charged fours all round then? -- J Dexter - webmaster - http://www.dexterdyne.org/ all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Sinatra Dean Davis - That Old Black Magic http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/102.RAM B&D wrote: > > On 5/31/03 9:21 PM, in article vdivqu49qavq84nopsam.supernews.com, "pablo" > <pabloNOSPAMnopsamlyhombreDOT.net> wrote: > > > > > "B&D" <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> wrote in message > > news:BAFEB523.3773F%NO_SPAMnopsamCOM... > >> Just got the NINES magazine and saw that Saab and Opel will be merging - > > > > No, I don't think it's about a merger. What I just read in a German biz > > magazine is that GM is going for an "integration plan", where Saab loses > > autonomy and is forced to serve itself from other GM business units. Opel > > does "technology and logistics", GMC the 97 SUV, Subaru the 92, Isuzu and > > Fiat the diesel engines.The 92 will be a very lightly disguised Subaru, btw, > > those that hope for a lot of Saab uniqueness will be disappointed. Promising > > models have been delayed: the 93 crossover to 2005, the new 9-5 until 2007. > > Ah, this is similar to what GM has done in the US: Shared engineering, > logistics, platforms, etc. > > This will mean, of course, that the Opel cars and Saab cars will basically > be the same with slight differences. I suppose the 9-3 is that way right > now. > > IN the US, with the Opel-Saab combination will mean that Opel cars are once > again available in the US, which is good for us. But it also seems to me to > mean that Saab as a brand is no longer going to be that funky-cool car > company.
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