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Well, GM had a big hand in it. The biggest reasons the 9-5 didn't sell well had to do with negative public perception of Saab's future and the cash-flow problem that caused the production halts (which led to further erosion of public confidence). GM's role in all this is manifold. When they owned Saab, they ran it poorly. Then after fleecing all the intellectual property from Saab, they tried as hard as they could to shutter the brand, dismissing many offers to buy it and instead forcing a sale to a company they MUST have known would not able to make it work. In fact, it appeared that they hand picked the absolute least financially viable solution. After all, what's even better than directly shutting it down? Making some quick cash, and setting it adrift on a leaky boat. The latest round had them vetoing every deal that might allow the brand to continue. Is there any deal they would have approved? Impossible to say, but it seems unlikely. They are not blameless.
I can't really boycott GM over all this, because I was never in a million years going to by a GM product anyway. They stole billions of dollars from us peons and got away with it, and if that wasn't enough to turn me off, they produce completely unappealing cars.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Dow Jones is reporting that GM does NOT support, JTMav, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:02:42
- "there is always Plan B" - Muller n/m, JohnA , Tue, 6 Dec 2011 10:12:59
- I saw it also., mikes1929, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:21:33
- FEEL FREE TO TELL gm WHAT YOU THINK!, ParkhurstJ, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 09:40:09
- I think it's done...., Mark from Toronto, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 12:31:00
- Re: I think it's done...., gpg, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:32:57
- Don't blame GM., dmz789qqq, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:26:11
- Re: Don't blame GM., Erik919kt, Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:21:08
- I love blaming GM! (n/m), Siegfried, Wed, 7 Dec 2011 00:49:50
- absolute unmitigated BS nm, ryan , Tue, 6 Dec 2011 20:54:36
- Re: Don't blame GM., TML , Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:06:32 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Don't blame GM., James, Tue, 6 Dec 2011 17:07:24
- +1. Amen. nm., B Millar , Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:47:42
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