Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:00:59 -0800 From: "Dima" <dimanospamystems.com> Subject: Re: Saab to be sold? ...GM Denies!
I think that that Saab will be a lot better under Renault or Nissan. GM's leadership for Saab was disastrous, a change could be welcome. Nissan has been extremely successful recently, and Renault makes nice cars. Besides, because of traditional rivalry between Renault and Peugeot, perhaps Renault could do to Saab what Peugeot did to Citroen - which was, let it be itself? -Dima "Tex" <texnospamm101.org> wrote in message news:S6qdncNjkbh0TYDfRVn-vQnospamast.com... > Saab to be sold?... > > > http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=7722723 > > The reasons laid out in the article make sense as a last ditch effort on > the part of GM to get some form of return on their Saab venture. However, > the article ignores the fact that GM is now much more intertwined with > Saab...namely through its model lineup: the Saabaru 92x, the upcoming > trailblazer/97x and cadillac BLS to be produced at Trollhattan. It > wouldnt be easy to disentangle themselves from all of that. > > An hour later, GM denies... > > > http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=7723756 > > Would a sale of Saab be good? It would certainly lose the marketing power > of GM. There'd be no guarantee that Trollhattan would remain open even > with a new buyer. Does Saab need its own manufacturing plant to _be_ > Saab? Would they not be better off spending money designing, engineering > and marketing cars, rather than actually building them? Or perhaps just > build the engines? > > - tex > >
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