Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:11:43 GMT From: "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnospamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Possibility of Saab closure
Salutations: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:53:52 -0500, Tex <texnospamm101.org> wrote: > Ugh... > > http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6811980/ > > - tex > > I think the key comment in the article is this: "Saab has lost money in all but one of the past 10 years and GM has steadily reduced its autonomy over the past 18 months. Manufacturing, engineering and most design decisions are now controlled by GM Europe executives, based in Germany or Switzerland, reducing Saab's local management to controlling branding and marketing" Basically - it's lost money since GM bought it out. Which I always took to be for it's technology and/or some bizarre fit of corporate pique rather than actually producing better cars and selling more of them. On the upside, it might mean the supply of dealer diagnostic tools and manuals suddenly increases. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Louis Prima Keely Smith - Hey Boy Hey Girl http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/146.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time