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Car Forum / Saab Cars / February 2006GM reaffirms committment to Saab...York/Kerkorian renege on hacking off Saab
http://www.newsone.ca/piercelandherald/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=150041 or... http://tinyurl.com/grlp7 Hopefully, this means they will finally give Saab the focus and attention it requires to start build great cars again. - tex > http://www.newsone.ca/piercelandherald/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=150041 > or... [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > - tex But will the Nordic character be lost as the new SAABs are going to be developed and made in Germany? Dan > http://tinyurl.com/grlp7 Tex, Sorry to break it to you, by your "tiny" URL redirects to the same exact URL above, so it's not separate. SG >>http://tinyurl.com/grlp7 > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > SG Um, that's the idea, sometimes the long URLs will get cut off or mangled by varied message widths, the tiny URL links to the longer one and prevents this. >>> http://tinyurl.com/grlp7 >> Sorry to break it to you, by your "tiny" URL redirects to the same exact URL >> above, so it's not separate. > Um, that's the idea, sometimes the long URLs will get cut off or mangled > by varied message widths, the tiny URL links to the longer one and > prevents this. ... and some people don't like to click Tiny URLs in case it is hiding some malicious website that could bring down the free world :) > http://www.newsone.ca/piercelandherald/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=150041 > or... > http://tinyurl.com/grlp7 > > Hopefully, this means they will finally give Saab the focus and attention it > requires to start build great cars again. Maybe Saab could make a hatchback again instead of boring 'sedans' ? Graham > Maybe Saab could make a hatchback again instead of boring 'sedans' ? > > Graham I agree. It is amazing that so many Saab owners feel this way and yet Saab doesn't get it. A Saab sales manager pointed out that BMW and Mercedes (at that time) didn't have any hatchback models. He added "We don't need a hatchback anymore. The estate/station wagon model takes care of that market segment". I thought he was a moron. Walt What's utterly and amazingly shocking is to see it matter of factly written a senior decision maker basically admits to having expressed such strong views without having bothered to do minimal research. And he's still there. Ready to pull the trigger with utter intellectual laziness again anytime. ...pablo > What's utterly and amazingly shocking is to see it matter of factly > written a senior decision maker basically admits to having expressed such [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > ...pablo Actually, he made those statements before he was a senior decision maker of anything (before being appointed to the board of directors). He is just the messenger from an unhappy major shareholder that was sent in to shake up the organization. It looks like the "shake up" part was effective. I would hope he would make more responsible statements and decisions now that he is part of the company. Now if they could continue to address problems with the product, stock price, employee relations, etc.... |
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