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The times they are a changin' over at Saturn
Posted by TimD (more from TimD) on Thu, 19 May 2005 13:56:57
In Reply to: Re: You're 100% correct., TML
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, Thu, 19 May 2005 13:15:18
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The days of Saturn plastic econo-cars could well be ending. Check out the Saturn Aura concept car, essentially a rebadged Opel Vectra. IMO, when GM says Saturns will be "styled and engineered to European standards", they mean Saturn will essentially just be the name for Opels in the US. It provides them a cheap and easy way to boost the Saturn line and reintroduce Opel to the US market via the backdoor.
What does that mean for Saab? Not sure, but we all know GM is consolidating many aspects of Saab and Opel operations in Europe. I thinks its a safe bet that all future Saabs and Saturn-Opels (Sopels???) will share more and more components.
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Posts in this Thread:
- More GM news and moves from detnews.com, Tampa 9-3&9-5, Thu, 19 May 2005 09:48:21
- Re: More GM news and moves from detnews.com, MO, Sun, 22 May 2005 16:17:31
- Pontiac Buick GMC, No.9, Thu, 19 May 2005 18:08:18
- Good move, but it still shows that GM is losing, J, Thu, 19 May 2005 10:38:12
- Hmmm... Saturn: "Moving upscale...", Allen in N.O., Thu, 19 May 2005 10:28:57
- Isn't this the opposite of what we saw a month ago?, Bob Falfa, Thu, 19 May 2005 09:58:20
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