Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:55:45 -0500 From: tom reingold <tlr244nopsamnline.net> Subject: Re: Saab or GM?
andrewunix wrote: > Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:04:31 -0000, andy_walmsleynopsamail.com suggested: > : So when did Saab's become rolling of the production lines as a GM car? I > : have a 97 900Se Conv Turbo, is this a GM?! > > Well, it depends on how you think about it. GM bought 50% of Saab at the > beginning of the 90s (when they were still making the Classic 900s). Most > people think of any Saab after the introduction of the NG 900 in the fall > of 1993 to be a "GM" Saab, but GM didn't take complete ownership of the > company until 2000. > And they don't meddle all that much. Saabs do NOT come off GM production lines. GM supplies parts to Saab. And this saves Saab lots of R&D money. This purchase probably saved Saab from extinction, so I can't see it as entirely bad. -- Tom Reingold Noo Joizy