Date: 22 Nov 2002 15:46:08 -0800 From: senninhanopsamip.com (fcb) Subject: Re: GM plans Saab Restructuring
Zweef <barboernopsamemotorfiets.nl> wrote in message news:<MPG.18457c5c58bf28239896danopsam.demon.nl>... > In article <utlkm24miejm08nopsam.supernews.com>, > pablonopsamlyhombreNOSPAMnet says... > > > > > I don't have much confidence in GM as a whole. They're just in for the > > > money.... > > > > I mean, youthink any other car company isn't in it for the money? > > Ofcourse they are, but not *just* for the money > > > Sadly, if > > GM did not care about building cars, they'd slash everything except for > > trucks and SUVs, which are their only money-makers right now. Since they're > > not doing that, one must assume they're thinking a bit more strategically. > > That's a bit oversimplified, i know trucks and SUV are booming in the US, > but there is also still a market for 'normal' types of cars > > > Since anyone with some strategic vision wil see why Saab is key to > > GM -luxury brands are the only ones that have become more profitable over > > the last years- it doesn't make a lot of sense to think GM is about to bury > > it. > > That's what i thought when they took Saab over, but they have turned the > 900/9-3 into a luxury Opel/Vauxhall Vectra clone, i know a lot of > dedicated Saab drivers who are disappointed in what GM had done with Saab > in de last 8 years. The 9-5 is hardly outstanding in design, and what > idiot replaces the 9-3 wit a sedan, with the hatch always having been > very important for Saab customers. > > So i assume they're not listening to their customers! That's funny, because I dropped off my '96 900 SE at the local dealership for a new front bumper and the service mgr. who drove me home tells me customers DON'T want the hatch anymore and that's why they're only making sedans now. And this isn't the salesman telling me this. He, in fact, prefers the hatch.
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