Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:54:05 -0500 From: Dan <dannospamam.com> Subject: Re: GM to cut virtually all Saab's ties to Sweden
On 5/26/2005 10:30 PM, Pooh Bear wrote: > WitchDr wrote: > > >>"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> wrote in message >>news:42955876.CA72EF7Fnospamail.com... >> >>>Shane Almeida wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Thu, 26 May 2005 04:36:14 +0100, Pooh Bear wrote: >>>> >>>>>Don't expect the UK to be your poodle in any more military adventurism >>>>>! >>>> >>>>Hey Graham, post about Saabs or go away. The politics are getting >>>>annoying. > > > Ok. > > >>>This originated on account of the fact that GM seems not to have noticed >>>that >>>the name Saab means it's *Swedish* ( Svenska ) and they don't care if >>>Saabs >>>are made there any more. Nor I suspect do they care if they contain any >>>longer >>>that unique and defining engineering quirkiness that makes them so special >>>and >>>appealing. >> >>Just remember, don't lay blame on GM, aim your anger to the Swedes for >>selling off Saab. > > > Good point, although it seems that the whole motor industry is 'globalising' > into a few large companies. > > They say this is due to the high cost of developing new 'platforms'. To put it > another way it's about making cars cheaper. Sharing technology and key parts > makes excellent sense of course too. > > I reckon today's cars are better built and specified than has ever been the case > before at a price that's almost crazy. > > There's also simple over-capacity. I guess something has to give. Just hope that > it isn't Saab. > > Graham > > But couldn't a small car manufacturer work out partnerships with bigger ones to share technology? Isn't this what SAAB originally did? Doesn't CAD/CAM and contract mfgr plants make it easier to start a car company?
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