fzanetti Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 http://www.autoweek.com/article/20090930/CARNEWS/909309986 Flavio Zanetti Boston, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiskank Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 adios oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Just when we had a chance to have a truly "new" car company, even if it had the old name. I can't believe any car company (those that declined to produce for Penske) wouldn't be interested in more sales even if it was under someone else's brand name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meier motor sports Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 saturn was just starting to look interesting to me. oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iyalla Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Such a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppettit2005 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 didn't they recently kill pontiac as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Everyone knew this was coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrinerMonkey Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Now they just have Buick and GMC to kill and they will be gtg... well gtg bankrupt again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueWhiteBoy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 *sigh* They'll be missed Could have been an amazing company if GM would have left them to do their own thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelsOfGlue Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Oh well they did have a few nice cars. And after way too much of our money (taxes) got handed over to the auto industry. A few of my friends love there Saturns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Now they just have Buick and GMC to kill and they will be gtg... well gtg bankrupt again. GMC makes tons of money in comercial vehicles, Buick is the number 1 seller in China and China has the number 1 economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fzanetti Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 GMC makes tons of money in comercial vehicles, Buick is the number 1 seller in China and China has the number 1 economy. Not quite true my friend, the most profitable market for GM nowadays is Brazil.... China they are growing, but not as much as down in South America... http://en.mercopress.com/2009/06/04/gm-latinamerica-one-of-the-most-profitable-and-with-plenty-of-credit Flavio Zanetti Boston, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sactojesse Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Good riddance. The death knell for Saturn occurred about a year ago when their two best cars (Sky and Astra) were canceled. The rest of their cars are merely lamentable examples of typical GM badge engineering. What made Saturn unique, i.e., the plastic body panels, has been eliminated--take the current generation Vue as an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillboy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Roger got smart. It is still ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolksey85 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Does this mean I won't have to see that annoying as hell commercial with the GM from that one Saturn dealer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueWhiteBoy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Sadly enough although I didn't particularly like the commercial I thought it was pretty true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Not quite true my friend, the most profitable market for GM nowadays is Brazil.... China they are growing, but not as much as down in South America... http://en.mercopress.com/2009/06/04/gm-latinamerica-one-of-the-most-profitable-and-with-plenty-of-credit Flavio Zanetti Boston, MA I was only refering too how much the chinese love buicks for some reason, and even in that article it states that the economy is slowing there. The company sold around 48,000 vehicles in Brazil in May, up from around 35, 000 in April. Despite a severe economic slowdown in Brazil, car sales have been on par with sales in 2008, which was a record-breaking year. Late in 2008, the Brazilian government gave car makers a temporary break on industrial production taxes, resulting in lower new car prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Wasn't Saturn lately mostly rebranded Opels and other similar cars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrinerMonkey Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 GMC makes tons of money in comercial vehicles, Buick is the number 1 seller in China and China has the number 1 economy. GMC could live on as a commercial seller but as a consumer brand it is pointless. The Buick brand is totally different in China and could live on there. Here, it is nothing but a rolling AARP membership card filled with badge engineered pseudo-lux mobiles. Cadillac and Chevy should be the only consumer GM brands in the states. Look at the disaster Toyota had when they created the third brand of Scion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 There were too many brands in the market anyway. Sad , but with Pontiac and Saturn gone it gives the living a better shot at survival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05GT Guru Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 There were too many brands in the market anyway. Sad , but with Pontiac and Saturn gone it gives the living a better shot at survival. But dammit not pontiac, the closest thing we had to Holden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fzanetti Posted October 1, 2009 Author Share Posted October 1, 2009 ... Look at the disaster Toyota had when they created the third brand of Scion. :eek: Really??? I wasn't aware of this at all... Flavio Zanetti Boston, MA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ppettit2005 Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I miss pontiac!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueWhiteBoy Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 What's wrong with Scion? I see all 3 models all over the place here I thought they were doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolksey85 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Look at the disaster Toyota had when they created the third brand of Scion. Uh, what? It was a cheap car to make that sold amazingly well and still continues to sell well. Maybe not toward the intended target but another target group loves them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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