Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 12:31:22 GMT From: Nutmegger<Nutmeggernopsameja.com> Subject: Re: The General owns SAAB
Marc Escuro says... > >>> the cars of small exclusive firms may get better in sense of quality, but >>> >they'll lose their personality. >> >> I happen to agree. > > > I disagree. These "smaller" car companies will achieve an economy of >scale previously unattainable. What do you mean by that? >Plus, they can leverage off the corporate entity -- market, R&D, etc. To me it is not all about that. I find comfort in the fact that some products don't cave into becoming Americanized. Time and again when that does happen, quality has decreased. Maybe with cars it is different. > > But, in the case of GM, instead of being folded into the greater >auto-making juggernaut, they remain independent companies. Saturn, SAAB, >and Cadillac enjoy this independence. They retain independent status, >retain all economies of scale, but are much more easily differentiated. >They retain their own personas. Yeah, but my question is, for how long? ~J~
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