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Re: This will likely get to be an extended thread!
Posted by KevinM (more from KevinM) on Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:42:54
In Reply to: This will likely get to be an extended thread!, Noel, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:12:44
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I've thought of my Saabs as transportation tools -- high quality, well designed, very functional, very comfortable, safe, solidly engineered, but still fun to use. GM didn't get this and mucked around with taking the car upscale. In the process, the cars began to show the influence of GM accountants and focus groups. The influence imho has not always been for the better.
For years GM has been taking care of the executive fat cats and signing overly generous contracts with the union based on the idea that size alone would guarantee that there would always be enough in the trough to feed all and sundry. Much of the management model, it seems to me, was based on the expectation that American consumers weren't sharp enough to take their money elsewhere. Things haven't quite worked out as GM planned, so now they're turning out the lights in Trolhattan, telling Saab customers that GM is not a charity.
Well, sorry, neither am I, and there are still better options out there.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boycott, Caarma , Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:11:34
- We are at the point where..................., andym, Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:53:35
- I will NEVER buy a GM car as long as I breath.>>>, JackOSAAB , Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:03:42
- Re: Given the chance to buy a nice GMC vehicle..., Street, Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:19:33
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boycott, AmsterSaab, Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:40:04
- After what I saw this weekend......, MI-Roger , Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:10:49
- Why I don't support a GM boycott, Caarma , Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:15:58
- If you think GM cars are worthless here's my challenge, NDS, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:05:10
- Re: Why I will support a gm boycott, ehallii, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:35:55
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boycott, simul8guy, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:30:29
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support Gm, LUKE, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:56:18
- This will likely get to be an extended thread!, Noel, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:12:44
- buy a ford, fraero95, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:46:10
- Why is it........., Herb Hirsch , Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:38:28
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boycott, Tim, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:18:54
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boy, BAAB , Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:15:13
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boycott, kkelley, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:15:29
- Re: Merry Christmas and Why I don't support a Saab boy, rico567, Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:14:31
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