GM is hurting, they are getting rid of a few models and brands.
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Re: GM is hurting, they are getting rid of a few models and brands.
i hope GM drop saab and becomes it own company again. Pre GM days, the SAAB vehicle was very reliable until GM start messing with it. From the SAAB respected b202 turbo and b234 engines where ungodly bullet proof because of there iron block. Now currently the aluminum 2.0 eco tec motor and the v-6 gm motor run the 9-3s that has not be satifisying for years. I would like to see SAAB bring there original "uniqueness" back. I still drive a 87 SAAB 9000 that puts about 30mpg on the original motor with 350,000 miles. I have also have witness numerous amount of saabs with 200,000 miles or more when i use to work for them. I would be pleasured to see these cars manufactured back in sweden rather than germany. Hopefully SAAB will go back to its orgin. 
If you go overseas, Saab and Volvo are like the European Ford and Chevy. They're good cars, but nothing great. Saab needed funding, and GM wanted a European line to compete with Ford who is an international player. Saab isn't the respected player GM thought they were, and with the current situation Saab isn't getting the money they need to survive through GM. It's a lose lose situation. I hope for Saab fan's sake that they can find a way to survive. The niche' market they had before has been killed by GM, and nobody has the money to support them right now.
Good luck
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uhh.. what?
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Re: GM is hurting, they are getting rid of a few models and brands.
How else are you going to properly express yourself without using retarded middle school chatroom shorthand?
I think it's fine though. I tend to judge people's intelligence based on their typing and speaking, so it just makes everything easier for me.
I think it's fine though. I tend to judge people's intelligence based on their typing and speaking, so it just makes everything easier for me.
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Re: GM is hurting, they are getting rid of a few models and brands.
the c6 vette is just the c5 with ferrari inspired headlights and a slightly done up interior, and dont get me started on the new boxes, I mean overweight caddys... are you freaking serious??
the sky and solstice are the one thing GM could have had going for them if they had advertised them more and priced them around 2K less both standard and gxp/redline models. the money they could have made off those two alone, and with an uprated interior as an option could have outsold the boxter, 350z and s2K combined.
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That's a really good point. That's really the only way you can judge someone in an online forum, so the least people could do if they are trying to get a point across is type in proper English. I have seen a recurring issue in the classified section where people like to make their typing "short and sweet," and end up sounding like they have down syndrome. If you think the person knows nothing, how likely are you to buy something from them versus someone else? Not very.
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