Date: 6 Dec 2002 13:57:03 -0800 From: schumy2nopsams.com (schumy) Subject: Re: Some notes from Motor Trend on Saab
Mike <mereridnopsamcom> wrote in message news:<q4hgsuodr850gqpq3gblgscjp87kinc0v8nopsamcom>... > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:19:46 -0500, "Jeremy Brown" <Jerem43nopsamnet> > wrote: > > >Do Not Shoot the Messenger! > >Oldsmobile General Marketing Manager Debra Kelly-Ennis (I hate hyphenated > >names, it is so pompus) is replacing Saab Cars USA President Dan Chasin. Mr. > >Chasin is becoming director of product planning at Sabb HQ in Trollhattan, > >Sweden. > > > >Almost verbatim as to what is the "Heard on the Road" column in the December > >2002 Motor Trend magazine. > > > >OK, time for some commentary from me: > >Why is GM putting a person from a division that it has run into the ground > >in charge of Saab USA? Oldsmobile, the oldest US car brand, has become > >synonomous with old and tired vehicles that only old people drive and is > >being shuttered next year due failin sales. Lets hope Mr Chasin will do a > >good job there, because we will all be watching... > > > Maybe the last guy didn't do a good job? Here in the U.S., accountants run car companies- not engineers. Welcome to the world of the Big Three, everyone.
