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Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 12:40:55 GMT
From: Joe User <Joenopsam.nut>
Subject: Re: Saab merging with Opel??


B&D wrote, On 6/1/2003 1:03 AM: > On 5/31/03 9:21 PM, in article vdivqu49qavq84nopsam.supernews.com, "pablo" > <pabloNOSPAMnopsamlyhombreDOT.net> wrote: > > >>"B&D" <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> wrote in message >>news:BAFEB523.3773F%NO_SPAMnopsamCOM... >> >>>Just got the NINES magazine and saw that Saab and Opel will be merging - >> >>No, I don't think it's about a merger. What I just read in a German biz >>magazine is that GM is going for an "integration plan", where Saab loses >>autonomy and is forced to serve itself from other GM business units. Opel >>does "technology and logistics", GMC the 97 SUV, Subaru the 92, Isuzu and >>Fiat the diesel engines.The 92 will be a very lightly disguised Subaru, btw, >>those that hope for a lot of Saab uniqueness will be disappointed. Promising >>models have been delayed: the 93 crossover to 2005, the new 9-5 until 2007. > > > Ah, this is similar to what GM has done in the US: Shared engineering, > logistics, platforms, etc. > > This will mean, of course, that the Opel cars and Saab cars will basically > be the same with slight differences. I suppose the 9-3 is that way right > now. > > IN the US, with the Opel-Saab combination will mean that Opel cars are once > again available in the US, which is good for us. But it also seems to me to > mean that Saab as a brand is no longer going to be that funky-cool car > company. > > Man, one LESS reason to buy into the new Saabs. -- -JoE "Life. Don't talk to me about Life..."

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