Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:21:56 +0100 From: Axel Schaefer <postnospamerode.de> Subject: Re: Possibility of Saab closure
Dexter J wrote: > > I think the key comment in the article is this: > > "Saab has lost money in all but one of the past 10 years and GM has > steadily reduced its autonomy over the past 18 months. Manufacturing, > engineering and most design decisions are now controlled by GM Europe > executives, based in Germany or Switzerland, reducing Saab's local > management to controlling branding and marketing" > > Basically - it's lost money since GM bought it out. Which I always took > to be for it's technology and/or some bizarre fit of corporate pique > rather than actually producing better cars and selling more of them. > > On the upside, it might mean the supply of dealer diagnostic tools and > manuals suddenly increases. > > -- Hi, here in Germany we have discussions about the closing of several Opel plant, know it depends on the costs of work and the decision of GM where to produce one the new Opel models. In TV there were some reports about GM in Europe and they figured out, that the working costs at SAAB in Trollh”ttan are 30% lower compared with Opel in Germany. So I thought it is clear, Trollh”ttan will produces Opels, making profits and keeps SAAB alive. But the GM management has another point of view, they say, that there is larger market in Germany for Opel, than in Sweden and that the Opel buyers would be disapointed, if they close Opel plants in Germany. So they will also think about closing down SAAB because they can?t make profits producing just only SAAB models. greetings Axel
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