Date: 25 Feb 2005 18:26:03 GMT From: Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> Subject: Re: Saab to be sold? ...GM Denies!
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:57:26 GMT, th <someguynospamwhere.se> wrote: > The question would be how to obtain all parts that are now "GM common" > parts (brakes, the new 6 cyl engine, etc.) Well, that's no different than the Ford engines in the 1960's to 1980, or the GM power steering rack in the c900, or the battery, or any other part made by not-Saab. Not a concern. > Volvo already tried cooperating with Renault with little success. Saab, > being another Swedish company, could possibly have the same problems in > terms of culture, management style etc. Yes, the French are difficult to deal with on an engineering standpoint, at least from a USA'n perspective. And the PRV-6 engine was an unmitigated disaster. The joke at the time is that the French didn't tell the Swedes where the meetings were, so they did it themselves. > Basically a US engineer does what the boss tells him to do > even if he knows that the boss is wrong. Well... only if they can't get away with making it right while the boss _thinks_ they're doing it the boss's way. Direct personal experience. (I also no longer work there. Hmmmm...) > A Swedish engineer at the > lowest level typically makes makes the same kind of decisions as the > lowest level US manager and is more prone to put in question the > decisions of his nearest manager. Thus a Swedish department manager > typically discusses best with a US division manager as they are on the > same level from a responsibility point of view. I would tend to agree. If engineering quality of Saab is the rule, rather than the exception in Swedish engineering, I think you're right. Then again - Husqvarna, or any of the other Swedish products I own are equally well designed and built. > Thus, Saab being sold to Nissan should improve the car > quality compared to a GM ownership. I can't see it being worse.
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